cháng

Traditional: 償

偿 (cháng) is a Chinese word meaning “to repay; to compensate for; to recompense”.

Meanings

  1. 1to repay
  2. 2to compensate for
  3. 3to recompense
  4. 4to fulfill (hopes etc)

Related words

补偿to compensate赔偿to compensate偿还to repay; to reimburse如愿以偿to have one's wish fulfilled赔偿金compensation无偿free; no charge; at no cost偿命to pay with one's life有偿paying得不偿失the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)清偿to repay a debt in full报偿to repay; to recompense偿付to pay back

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