还债

還債

huánzhài

verb #11,156

Meanings

1 to pay back a debt
2 to settle a debt

Characters

to return; to pay back

Examples

他用了三年才还清债。

Tāyòng le sānnián cái huán qīng zhài.

It took him three years to pay off the debt.

欠债还钱，天经地义。

Qiànzhài huán qián, tiānjīngdìyì.

Paying back debts is only natural.

Tips

grammar

还 here is pronounced huán (2nd tone, to return), not hái (still/yet). 还债 is a verb-object compound, so you can insert things: 还清了债 (paid off the debt completely).

Stroke Order

还 hái

债 zhài