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

HSK 6

他用了三年才还清债。

Tā yòng le sān nián cái huánqīng zhài.

It took him three years to pay off the debt.

HSK 7-9

欠债还钱，天经地义。

Qiànzhài huán qián, tiānjīng-dìyì.

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