赤字 meaning in English

chìzì

(financial) deficit; red letter

HSK 7-9noun13 strokes

Meaning of 赤字

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chìzì
  1. (financial) deficit
  2. red letter

赤字 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ们men去qù年nián遇yù到dào了le赤chì字zì。
We went into the red last year.
这zhè场chǎng生shēng意yì正zhèng面miàn临lín著zhù赤chì字zì。
The business is in the red.
我wǒ们men公gōng司sī今jīn季jì的de赤chì字zì上shàng涨zhǎng了le差chà不bu多duō一yì成chéng。
Our surplus has swelled by nearly ten percent in this quarter.
在zài这zhè种zhǒng困kùn难nán的de时shí候hòu,任rèn何hé寻xún常cháng的de努nǔ力lì都dōu无wú法fǎ使shǐ我wǒ们men的de公gōng司sī摆bǎi脱tuō赤chì字zì。
In hard times like this, no ordinary effort can get our company out of the red.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

赤 chì · red · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

字 zì · letter · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 赤字.

名字míngziname (of a person or thing)
汉字HànzìChinese character(s)
数字shùzìnumeral; digit
字典zìdiǎnChinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a
文字wénzìcharacter; script
字母zìmǔletter (of the alphabet)
签字qiānzìto sign (one's name); signature
识字shízìto learn to read; able to read; literate
写字楼xiězìlóuoffice building
写字台xiězìtáiwriting desk
字幕zìmùsubtitles; captions (of a movie etc)
金字塔jīnzìtǎpyramid (building or structure)

Questions about 赤字

What does 赤字 mean?

赤字 (chìzì) means "(financial) deficit; red letter" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 赤字?

赤字 is made of 2 characters: 赤 (7 strokes), 字 (6 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 赤字 an HSK word?

Yes. 赤字 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.