償 (soeng4) — repay; refund; compensate for in Cantonese
soengˎ₄償简 偿
Mandarin Pinyin: chang2
Meaning of 償
nounrepay; refund; compensate for
nounpayment; pay; reward
nounfulfill; satisfy (a wish)
Example Sentences with 償
keoiˏ₅佢soengˊ²想sok˗₃索ceoiˊ²取puiˎ₄賠coengˎ₄償。
He wants to claim compensation.
keoiˏ₅佢waaˍ₆話wuiˏ₅會bouˊ²補soeng4,償，houˊ²好jauˏ₅有loeng4.良。
He said he'd compensate, very decent.
keoiˏ₅佢jyuˎ₄如jyunˊ²願jiˏ₅以soeng4,償，zungˉ¹終jyuˉ¹於 cingˉ¹稱samˉ¹心haaˍ₆下waai4.懷。
He got his wish and was finally satisfied.
Words Containing 償
償債soeng4 zaai3
pay off debt; repay debt
無償mou4 soeng4
free; with no obligation; with no strings attached
如願以償jyu4 jyun6 ji5 soeng4
to be rewarded with what one hoped for; to receive what one had been hoping for
得償所願dak1 soeng4 so2 jyun6
to achieve a desire
得不償失dak1 bat1 soeng4 sat1
(saying) the gains cannot make up for the losses; the losses outweigh the gains
賠償pui4 soeng4
compensate
補償bou2 soeng4
to compensate; to make up; to pay back; to restitute
補償貿易bou2 soeng4 mau6 jik6
Compensation trade
索償sok3 soeng4
claim compensation/damages
償還soeng4 waan4
to repay | [粵]: 還翻, 還返
賠償金pui4 soeng4 gam1
compensation
償還借款soeng4 waan4 ze3 fun2
refund
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