# 破产 (pòchǎn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 破产 (pòchǎn) means “to go bankrupt; bankruptcy”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to go bankrupt; bankruptcy
- Pinyin: pòchǎn (po4 chan3)
- Traditional: 破產
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 因为管理不好，那家老商店破产了。
  Yīnwèi guǎnlǐ bù hǎo, nà jiā lǎo shāngdiàn pòchǎn le.
  Due to poor management, that old store went bankrupt.

## Characters

- [破](https://hanziro.com/word/po-broken/) (pò): broken; to break
- [产](https://hanziro.com/word/chan-produce/) (chǎn): to produce; to yield

https://hanziro.com/word/po-chan-go-bankrupt/

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