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有偿 (yǒu cháng) — be burdened with repayment

Definition

Pairs with 无偿 (uncompensated): 有偿 means 'with payment, compensated' — a service, transfer, or project done for a fee. Most often appears before a noun, as in 有偿服务 / 有偿转让.

verb
be burdened with repayment

Examples

  • 有偿。
    Zhè jiā wǎng zhàn tí gōng yǒu cháng fú wù.
    This website provides paid services.
  • 有偿？
    Nǐ men zhè ge xiàng mù shì yǒu cháng de hái shì wú cháng de?
    Is this project compensated or uncompensated?
  • 有偿。
    yǒu cháng Zhuǎn ràng xū yào qiān dìng hé tong.
    A compensated transfer requires signing a contract.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

有yǒuhave
偿chángcompensation

有 means have and 偿 means compensation, so 有偿 describes something with compensation, i.e. paid.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
肉肉ròumeat
Sound part声符shēngfú
又
又yòu有yǒu
Same sound today

The form 有 combines 又, used for its sound, with a shape from 肉, 'meat'; the hand-holding-meat story is a folk explanation, not shown in the oldest shape.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 償; 偿 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
賞
賞shǎng償cháng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 償 pairs 亻 (person) with 賞 as the sound part; the simplified 偿 is a later shorthand, not a historical component breakdown.

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Appears in
Business & Commerce

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