# 赤字 (chìzì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 赤字 (chìzì) means “deficit (financial)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: deficit (financial)
- Pinyin: chìzì (chi4 zi4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 今年的预算又出现了赤字。
  Jīnnián de yùsuàn yòu chūxiànle chìzì.
  This year's budget shows a deficit again.

## Characters

- 赤 (chì): red; scarlet
- [字](https://hanziro.com/word/zi-character/) (zì): character; word

https://hanziro.com/word/chi-zi-deficit/

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