Chinese symbol for “repay”
偿还
cháng huán
Traditional: 償還
to repay; to reimburse
The closest CC-CEDICT match for repay is 偿还 (cháng huán), defined as: to repay; to reimburse.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “repay”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 报答 (報答) | bào dá | to repay; to requite |
| 偿 (償) | cháng | to repay; to compensate for |
| 报偿 (報償) | bào cháng | to repay; to recompense |
| 偿清 (償清) | cháng qīng | to repay; to pay off a debt |
| 酬报 (酬報) | chóu bào | to repay; to reward |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 偿还.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 补偿 (補償) | bǔ cháng | to compensate; to make up |
| 赔偿 (賠償) | péi cháng | to compensate |
| 无偿 (無償) | wú cháng | free; no charge; at no cost |
| 有偿 (有償) | yǒu cháng | paying; paid (not free) |
| 赔偿金 (賠償金) | péi cháng jīn | compensation |
| 还有 (還有) | hái yǒu | there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition |
| 还是 (還是) | hái shi | still (as before); had better |
| 还好 (還好) | hái hǎo | not bad; pretty good; fortunately; luckily |
See also: Japanese symbol for “repay”.
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.