偿 (cháng) means Recompense (compensate - repay). Below are 11 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这件事需要赔 偿 吗？
Zhè jiàn shì xūyào péicháng ma?
Does this require compensation?
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 赔偿
这项服务是无 偿 的。
Zhè xiàng fúwù shì wúcháng de.
This service is provided free.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 无偿
他赔 偿 了对方的损失。
Tā péicháng le duìfāng de sǔnshī.
He compensated the other party for the loss.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 赔偿
这笔贷款必须按期 偿 还。
Zhè bǐ dàikuǎn bìxū ànqī chánghuán.
This loan must be repaid on schedule.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 偿还
熬夜赶工往往得不 偿 失。
Áoyè gǎngōng wǎngwǎng dé bù cháng shī.
Working through the night to catch up usually costs more than it gains.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 得不偿失
他无 偿 为村里修了这条路。
Tā wúcháng wèi cūn lǐ xiū le zhè tiáo lù.
He repaired this road for the village free of charge.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 无偿
公司答应补 偿 他的全部损失。
Gōngsī dāying bǔcháng tā de quánbù sǔnshī.
The company agreed to compensate him for all his losses.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 补偿
他用了五年才 偿 还完所有债务。
Tā yòng le wǔ nián cái chánghuán wán suǒyǒu zhàiwù.
It took him five years to pay off all his debts.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 偿还
再多的钱也补 偿 不了失去的时间。
Zài duō de qián yě bǔcháng bu liǎo shīqù de shíjiān.
No amount of money can make up for lost time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 补偿
为省这点钱赔上健康，实在得不 偿 失。
Wèi shěng zhè diǎn qián péi shàng jiànkāng, shízài dé bù cháng shī.
Ruining your health to save this little money really is not worth it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 得不偿失
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From the travel phrasebook
下次给您补 偿 。
Xià cì gěi nín bǔcháng.
We'll make it up to you on the next order.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
Words that contain 偿
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 偿
How is 偿 used in a sentence?
This page shows 11 sentences using 偿 (cháng, "Recompense (compensate - repay)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 偿 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 偿 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 偿?
The dictionary page for 偿 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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