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償

cháng

repay, recompense; restitution

Strokes
17
Radical
人
HSK
—
Tone
2

Simplified form: 偿

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 偿, the simplified form of 償. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我愿意无偿接下这件活。

    Wǒ yuàn yì wú cháng jiē xià zhè jiàn huó

    I'd be willing to do that for free.

  • 你需要赔偿他损失的钱。

    Nǐ xū yào péi cháng tā sǔn shī de qián

    You must compensate him for the money he lost.

  • 这个家庭非常贫穷以至于无法偿还贷款。

    Zhè ge jiā tíng fēi cháng pín qióng yǐ zhì yú wú fǎ cháng huán dài kuǎn

    The family is too poor to pay back the debts.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 偿

  • 补偿bǔ cháng 3–2 to compensate; to make up
  • 赔偿péi cháng 2–2 to compensate
  • 偿还cháng huán 2–2 to repay; to reimburse
  • 无偿wú cháng 2–2 free; no charge; at no cost
  • 得不偿失dé bù cháng shī 2–4–2–1the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
  • 如愿以偿rú yuàn yǐ cháng 2–4–3–2to have one's wish fulfilled