| 欠款 | qiàn kuǎn | to owe a debt / balance due / debts |  |
| 拖欠 | tuō qiàn | in arrears / behind in payments / to default on one's debts |  |
| 负债 | fù zhài | to be in debt / to incur debts / liability (finance) | |
| 逼债 | bī zhài | to press for payment of debts / to dun | |
| 报本反始 | bào běn fǎn shǐ | ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom) | |
| 血债累累 | xuè zhài lěi lěi | debts of blood crying out for retribution | |
| 背债 | bēi zhài | to be in debt / to be saddled with debts | |
| 倒帐 | dǎo zhàng | dead loan / bad debts / to refuse to pay loan | |
| 报德 | bào dé | to repay debts of gratitude / to repay kindness | |
| 违恩负义 | wéi ēn fù yì | to disobey one's benefactor / to violate debts of gratitude / to repay good with evil | |
| 业满 | yè mǎn | to have paid one's karmic debts (Buddhism) | |
