Chinese symbol for “compensate”
补偿
bǔ cháng
Traditional: 補償
to compensate; to make up
The closest CC-CEDICT match for compensate is 补偿 (bǔ cháng), defined as: to compensate; to make up.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “compensate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赔偿 (賠償) | péi cháng | to compensate |
| 抵偿 (抵償) | dǐ cháng | to compensate; to make good (a financial loss) |
| 找补 (找補) | zhǎo bu | to compensate; to make up |
| 恤 (卹) | xù | anxiety; sympathy |
| 恤 | xù | anxiety; sympathy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 补偿.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 补充 (補充) | bǔ chōng | to replenish; to supplement |
| 补助 (補助) | bǔ zhù | to subsidize; subsidy |
| 补贴 (補貼) | bǔ tiē | to subsidize; subsidy |
| 弥补 (彌補) | mí bǔ | to complement; to make up for a deficiency |
| 填补 (填補) | tián bǔ | to fill a gap; to fill in a blank (on a form) |
| 赔偿 (賠償) | péi cháng | to compensate |
| 偿还 (償還) | cháng huán | to repay; to reimburse |
| 无偿 (無償) | wú cháng | free; no charge; at no cost |
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