偿 (cháng): to repay, to compensate for, to recompense
偿 (cháng) is a Chinese character meaning “to repay.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (semantic) and 尝 (phonetic). It ranks #1321 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 偿 person. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- to repay
- to compensate for
- to recompense
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 偿
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偿还verb | cháng huán | to repay |
| 如愿以偿phrase | rú yuàn yǐ cháng | to have one's wish fulfilled |
| 赔偿金noun | péi cháng jīn | compensation |
| 无偿adjective | wú cháng | free |
| 偿命verb | cháng mìng | to pay with one's life |
| 有偿adjective | yǒu cháng | paying |
| 得不偿失phrase | dé bù cháng shī | the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom) |
| 清偿verb | qīng cháng | to repay a debt in full |
| 报偿noun | bào cháng | to repay |
| 偿付verb | cháng fù | to pay back |
| 抵偿verb | dǐ cháng | to compensate |
| 补偿费 | bǔ cháng fèi | compensation |
| 偿债verb | cháng zhài | to repay a debt |
| 得偿所愿phrase | dé cháng suǒ yuàn | to have one's wish fulfilled |
| 血债要用血来偿 | xuè zhài yào yòng xuè lái cháng | A debt of blood must be paid in blood. |
偿 appears in 26 compound words: 19 as the first character, 65 as the last, and 15 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 偿 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Example Sentences
他偿品很好，在村里很受尊敬。
tā cháng pǐn hěn hǎo , zài cūn lǐ hěn shòu zūn jìng .
He is a man of integrity and is highly respected in the village.
...骗案再起波澜,湘财证券涉3.43亿连带赔偿
. . . piàn àn zài qǐ bō lán , 湘 cái zhèng quàn shè 3 . 4 3 yì lián dài péi cháng
... The fraud case made waves again, and Xiangcai Securities involved 343 million joint and several compensation
...只赔千元折价券挨批没诚意 律师:最高可求偿2万
. . . zhī péi qiān yuán zhé jià quàn āi pī méi chéng yì lǜ shī : zuì gāo kě qiú cháng 2 wàn
... Only 1,000 yuan discount coupon was criticized for being insincere Lawyer: Up to 20,000 yuan can be claimed
...个资事件波及20万台湾帐号! 每名用户补偿千元折价券
. . . gè zī shì jiàn bō jí 2 0 wàn tái wān zhàng hào ! měi míng yòng hù bǔ cháng qiān yuán zhé jià quàn
... The personal information incident affected 200,000 Taiwanese accounts! Each user compensates for 1,000 yuan discount coupons
...澎台湾:将提供总金额超过新台币2亿元的补偿方案
. . . péng tái wān : jiāng tí gōng zǒng jīn é chāo guò xīn tái bì 2 yì yuán de bǔ cháng fāng àn
... Peng Taiwan: A compensation plan with a total amount of more than NT$200 million will be provided
...瑜伽租场发生意外 学生整亲头索5万心灵补偿
. . . 瑜 伽 zū chǎng fā shēng yì wài xué shēng zhěng qīn tóu suǒ 5 wàn xīn líng bǔ cháng
... An accident occurred in a yoga rental venue, and the student asked for 50,000 yuan in spiritual compensation
他们状告政府赔偿损失。
Tāmen zhuànggào zhèngfǔ péicháng sǔnshī.
They sued the government for damages.
这个家庭非常贫穷以至于无法偿还贷款。
Zhège jiātíng fēicháng pínqióng yǐzhìyú wúfǎ chánghuán dàikuǎn.
The family is too poor to pay back the debts.
他终于如愿以偿了。
Tā zhōngyú rúyuànyǐcháng le.
He finally got his wish.
你需要赔偿他损失的钱。
Nǐ xūyào péicháng tā sǔnshī de qián.
You must compensate him for the money he lost.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 亻 (person) component
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