zaai3 mou6 gwok3債務國债务国
Jyutpingzaai3 mou6 gwok3
Yalejaai mouh gwok
Definition
Debtor nation; a country that owes more money to other countries than it is owed.
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How it's used
Used primarily in economic or political contexts to describe a country that owes money to foreign creditors. It carries a formal tone and is rarely used in casual daily conversation unless discussing international finance or news.
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That country has already become a debtor nation.
Why did they end up as a debtor nation?
Related words
Common phrases
to be reduced to a debtor nation
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
