HSK 6 · Money

补偿 bǔcháng “to compensate” in Chinese

Traditional 補償

What 补偿 means

  1. to compensate
  2. compensation
  3. to make up

How to say 补偿

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale补bǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale偿cháng2nd tone, rising

补偿 in a sentence

  1. 航班取消了，航空公司给了我们补偿。

    Hángbān qǔxiāo le, hángkōng gōngsī gěi le wǒmen bǔcháng.

    The flight was cancelled, and the airline gave us compensation.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我想用这顿饭补偿你。

    Wǒ xiǎng yòng zhè dùn fàn bǔcháng nǐ.

    I’d like to make it up to you with this meal.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 补偿 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 补 (bǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
补bǔto repair
  • 衤clothes form of 衣 · yīMeaning part
  • 卜divination · bǔSound part

衤 hints at the meaning (clothes); 卜 (bǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with bǔ.

The character 偿 (cháng) with each of its parts in a different colour
偿chángto repay
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 尝to taste · chángSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 尝 (cháng) hints at the sound. Compare it with cháng.

How to write 补偿

补 7 strokes · 偿 11 strokes

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补偿 (bǔcháng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 补偿 (bǔcháng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 补偿

Words with 补

补充bǔchōng · to replenish补救bǔjiù · to remedy弥补míbǔ · to make up for补贴bǔtiē · subsidy

Words with 偿

赔偿péicháng · to compensate偿还chánghuán · to repay无偿wúcháng · free of charge得不偿失débùchángshī · not worth it

More words: Money & Economy

资源zīyuán · resources昂贵ángguì · expensive本钱běnqián · capital博览会bólǎnhuì · exhibition补贴bǔtiē · subsidy财富cáifù · wealth采购cǎigòu · to purchase (for an organisation)彩票cǎipiào · lottery ticket

FAQs

补偿 (bǔcháng) means “to compensate” or “compensation”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bǔcháng: bǔ with a 3rd tone, then cháng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 补偿 is written 補償. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type buchang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 补偿 from the suggestions. Typing buchang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
补偿 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.