"to repay" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 报答 報答 | to repay / to requite | syn | |
| 偿还 償還 | to repay / to reimburse | syn | |
| 报偿 報償 | to repay / to recompense | syn | |
| 反哺 | to support one's parents in their old age / to show filial piety / to to repay / to return a favor | ||
| 偿 償 | to repay / to compensate for / to recompense / to fulfill (hopes etc) | syn | |
| 偿清 償清 | to repay / to pay off a debt | syn | |
| 酬报 酬報 | to repay / to reward | syn |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 还贷 還貸 | to repay a loan | syn | |
| 清偿 清償 | to repay a debt in full / to redeem / to clear | syn | |
| 报效 報效 | render service to repay kindness | syn | |
| 倒挂 倒掛 | lit. to hang upside down / fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods) / to borrow more than one can ever repay | syn | |
| 抵债 抵債 | to repay a debt in kind or by labor | syn | |
| 报恩 報恩 | to pay a debt of gratitude / to repay a kindness | syn | |
| 偿债 償債 | to repay a debt | ||
| 回馈 回饋 | to repay a favor / to give back / feedback | ||
| 还本 還本 | to repay capital | ||
| 代偿 代償 | (medical) compensation / to repay a debt or obligation in place of sb else | ||
| 补报 補報 | to make a report after the event / to make a supplementary report / to repay a kindness | syn | |
| 抵账 抵賬 | to repay a debt in kind or by labor | syn | |
| 功高不赏 功高不賞 | high merit that one can never repay (idiom) / invaluable achievements | ||
| 感恩图报 感恩圖報 | grateful and seeking to repay the kindness (idiom) | syn | |
| 结草衔环 結草銜環 | to repay sb's kind acts (idiom) | syn | |
| 报德 報德 | to repay debts of gratitude / to repay kindness | ||
| 以直报怨，以德报德 以直報怨，以德報德 | to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects) | ||
| 以身抵债 以身抵債 | forced labor to repay a debt | ||
| 詶 | to answer / to reply / to repay / to calculate | ||
| 违恩负义 違恩負義 | to disobey one's benefactor / to violate debts of gratitude / to repay good with evil | ||
| 卡奴 | a slave to one's credit card / sb who is unable to repay their credit card borrowings | ||
| 了债 了債 | to repay one's debt |