偿还
cháng huán
Pinyin

Definition

偿还
 - 
cháng huán
  1. to repay
  2. to reimburse

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

还
Huán
  1. 1 surname Huan
还是
hái shi
  1. 1 or
  2. 2 still
  3. 3 nevertheless
  4. 4 had better
还好
hái hǎo
  1. 1 not bad
  2. 2 tolerable
  3. 3 fortunately
交还
jiāo huán
  1. 1 to return sth
  2. 2 to hand back
代偿
dài cháng
  1. 1 (medical) compensation
  2. 2 to repay a debt or obligation in place of someone else
以牙还牙
yǐ yá huán yá
  1. 1 a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)
借尸还魂
jiè shī huán hún
  1. 1 lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
偿
cháng
  1. 1 to repay
  2. 2 to compensate for
  3. 3 to recompense
  4. 4 to fulfill (hopes etc)
偿付
cháng fù
  1. 1 to pay back
偿债
cháng zhài
  1. 1 to repay a debt
偿命
cháng mìng
  1. 1 to pay with one's life
偿还
cháng huán
  1. 1 to repay
  2. 2 to reimburse
回还
huí huán
  1. 1 to return
报偿
bào cháng
  1. 1 repay
  2. 2 recompense
奉还
fèng huán
  1. 1 to return with thanks
  2. 2 to give back (honorific)
如愿以偿
rú yuàn yǐ cháng
  1. 1 to have one's wish fulfilled
往还
wǎng huán
  1. 1 contacts
  2. 2 dealings
得不偿失
dé bù cháng shī
  1. 1 the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
有偿
yǒu cháng
  1. 1 paying
  2. 2 paid (not free)
归还
guī huán
  1. 1 to return sth
  2. 2 to revert

Idioms (15)

以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
  1. 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
以眼还眼
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn
  1. 1 an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
以眼还眼，以牙还牙
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn , yǐ yá huán yá
  1. 1 an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
  3. 3 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
借尸还魂
jiè shī huán hún
  1. 1 lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
八字还没一撇
bā zì hái méi yī piě
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇儿
bā zì hái méi yī piě r5
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
得不偿失
dé bù cháng shī
  1. 1 the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
打狗还得看主人
dǎ gǒu hái děi kàn zhǔ rén
  1. 1 lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him
有借有还，再借不难
yǒu jiè yǒu huán , zài jiè bù nán
  1. 1 return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)
比登天还难
bǐ dēng tiān hái nán
  1. 1 lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extremely difficult
  3. 3 far from an easy task
姜还是老的辣
jiāng hái shì lǎo de là
  1. 1 ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom)
  2. 2 the older, the wiser
衣锦还乡
yì jǐn huán xiāng
  1. 1 to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory
解铃还须系铃人
jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén
  1. 1 lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. whoever started the trouble should end it
买椟还珠
mǎi dú huán zhū
  1. 1 to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside
  2. 2 to show poor judgment (idiom)
返老还童
fǎn lǎo huán tóng
  1. 1 to recover one's youthful vigor
  2. 2 to feel rejuvenated (idiom)

Sample Sentences

最近不知道这世界怎么了！美国次贷风暴引发金融危机，雷曼兄弟公司倒闭了，政府出巨资救市，我看也是白搭，关键是人们无力偿还贷款，这无底洞美国政府能填得平吗？
zuìjìn bù zhīdào zhè shìjiè zěnme le ！Měiguó cìdài fēngbào yǐnfā jīnróngwēijī ，léimàn xiōngdì gōngsī dǎobì le ，zhèngfǔ chū jù zī jiùshì ，wǒ kàn yě shì báidā ，guānjiàn shì rénmen wúlì chánghuán dàikuǎn ，zhè wúdǐdòng Měiguózhèngfǔ néng tiándepíng ma ？
I don't know what's wrong with the world lately! The American sub-prime loan meltdown led to the financial crisis, Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, the government is laying out a ton of money to save the market-- the way I see it, it's all for naught. The key thing is that people aren't able to pay back their loans. Will the American government be able to fill this bottomless pit?
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