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Chinese symbol for “compensation”

赔偿金
péi cháng jīn
Traditional: 賠償金
compensation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for compensation is 赔偿金 (péi cháng jīn), defined as: compensation.

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Characters and stroke order

赔 péi
to compensate, to pay damages, to suffer a loss
radical 154 ⾙ · 12 strokes
偿 cháng
to repay, to recompense; restitution
radical 9 ⼈ · 11 strokes
金 jīn
gold, metal; money
radical 167 ⾦ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “compensation”

WordPinyinMeaning
代偿 (代償)dài cháng(medical) compensation; to repay a debt or obligation in place of sb else
补偿费 (補償費)bǔ cháng fèicompensation

Related words

Other words that share a character with 赔偿金.

WordPinyinMeaning
赔偿 (賠償)péi chángto compensate
索赔 (索賠)suǒ péito ask for compensation; to claim damages
赔率 (賠率)péi lǜbetting odds
赔钱 (賠錢)péi qiánto lose money; to suffer a financial loss; to pay for damages
赔款 (賠款)péi kuǎnreparations; to pay reparations
赔付 (賠付)péi fùto pay out; to compensate
补偿 (補償)bǔ chángto compensate; to make up
偿还 (償還)cháng huánto repay; to reimburse
资金 (資金)zī jīnfunds; capital

See also: Japanese symbol for “compensation”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.