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cháng

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cháng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cháng | chang2
English translation
to repay, to recompense; restitution

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About cháng

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

cháng

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

person

Etymology of cháng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻賞

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

shǎng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and cháng represents the sound. Simplified form of cháng .

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Words with cháng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
补偿 bǔcháng to compensate補償
赔偿 péicháng to compensate賠償
偿还 chánghuán to repay償還
cháng to repay cháng
无偿 wúcháng free無償
赔偿金 péi cháng jīn compensation賠償金
如愿以偿 rú yuàn yǐ cháng to have one's wish fulfilled如願以償
有偿 yǒu cháng paying有償
清偿 qīng cháng to redeem清償
偿命 cháng mìng to pay with one's life償命
得不偿失 débùchángshī the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)得不償失
偿付 cháng fù to pay back償付
补偿费 bǔ cháng fèi compensation補償費
抵偿 dǐ cháng to compensate抵償
报偿 bào cháng repay報償
偿债 cháng zhài to repay a debt償債
偿清 cháng qīng to repay償清

cháng Decomposition & Compounds

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