Chinese symbol for “paid”
有偿
yǒu cháng
Traditional: 有償
paying; paid (not free)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for paid is 有偿 (yǒu cháng), defined as: paying; paid (not free).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “paid”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 受雇 (受僱) | shòu gù | to be employed; to be hired |
| 带薪 (帶薪) | dài xīn | to receive one's regular salary (while on vacation, study leave etc); paid (leave) |
| 付讫 (付訖) | fù qì | paid |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 有偿.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 没有 (沒有) | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all; to have; to possess; to own |
| 还有 (還有) | hái yǒu | there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition |
| 只有 | zhǐ yǒu | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才 (cái)) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 (zhǐ yǒu tōng gu |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people |
| 有关 (有關) | yǒu guān | to have sth to do with; to relate to |
| 补偿 (補償) | bǔ cháng | to compensate; to make up |
| 赔偿 (賠償) | péi cháng | to compensate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “paid”.
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.