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報賬

简报账 · 繁報賬

Mandarin · pinyin bào zhàng

to report expenses
to submit accounts

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报: bào · report, tell, announce
账: zhàng · accounts; bill, debt; credit

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4–4 · bao4 zhang4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bou3 zoeng3

Cantonese word readings for 報賬. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to render an account; to submit an expense account
to apply for reimbursement; to get one's expenses reimbursed; to submit one's expenses

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