偿还 meaning in English

chánghuán

to repay; to reimburse

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 償還18 strokes

Meaning of 偿还

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chánghuán
  1. to repay; to reimburse

偿还 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè个ge家jiā庭tíng非fēi常cháng贫pín穷qióng以yǐ至zhì于yú无wú法fǎ偿cháng还huán贷dài款kuǎn。
The family is too poor to pay back the debts.

Stroke order for each character

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偿 cháng · to repay · 11 strokes

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还 hái · still · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 偿还.

还有hái yǒuthere still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
还是háishistill (as before); had better
补偿bǔchángto compensate; to make up
赔偿péichángto compensate
归还guīhuánto return sth; to revert
讨价还价tǎojià-huánjiàto haggle over price; to bargain
如愿以偿rúyuànyǐchángto have one's wish fulfilled
还原huányuánto restore to the original state; to reconstruct (an event)
无偿wúchángfree; no charge; at no cost
返还fǎnhuánrestitution; return of something to its original owner
还款huán kuǎnrepayment; to pay back money
得不偿失débùchángshīthe gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)

Questions about 偿还

What does 偿还 mean?

偿还 (chánghuán) means "to repay; to reimburse" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 偿还?

偿还 is made of 2 characters: 偿 (11 strokes), 还 (7 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 偿还 an HSK word?

Yes. 偿还 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 偿还 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 偿还 is written 償還.