偿 cháng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 尝 to taste
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
偿还
chánghuán
to repay; to pay back
Characters in this word
还 hái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 不 no, not, un-
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 政府承诺在三年内偿还拖欠企业的工程款。 Zhèngfǔ chéngnuò zài sān nián nèi chánghuán tuōqiàn qǐyè de gōngchéngkuǎn. The government promised to repay the project payments owed to enterprises within three years.
- 我下个月发工资就偿还你借给我的钱。 Wǒ xià ge yuè fā gōngzī jiù chánghuán nǐ jiè gěi wǒ de qián. I'll repay the money you lent me as soon as I get paid next month.
- 他用了五年时间才偿还完所有的债务。 Tā yòng le wǔ nián shíjiān cái chánghuán wán suǒyǒu de zhàiwù. It took him five years to finish repaying all his debts.
Related words
- 补偿 bǔcháng compensation
- 赔偿 péicháng to compensate
- 得不偿失 débùchángshī the loss outweighs the gain
- 如愿以偿 rúyuànyǐcháng to have one's wish fulfilled
- 无偿 wúcháng free of charge; without compensation
- 还 hái still, yet; also
- 还是 háishi still; or (in questions)
- 还有 háiyǒu there is still; and also
- 还 huán to give back, to return
- 归还 guīhuán to return
- 还原 huányuán to restore, to return to original state
- 返还 fǎnhuán to return; to give back