I must repay the debt.
还债
to settle a debt
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Meaning and common use
to settle a debt
How 还债 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 还债 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
You are liable for the debt.
All you have to do is ask him to pay the debt.
Words that keep company with 还债.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 还债.
Directly before
- 义务还债1
- 得还债1
- 他还债1
Directly after
- 还债就行1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 还债
What does 还债 mean in Chinese?
还债 (huánzhài) means to settle a debt.
How do you pronounce 还债?
还债 is pronounced huánzhài.
Is 还债 an HSK word?
还债 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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