补偿
bǔ​cháng HSK5

to compensate; compensation

补偿 補償 bǔ​cháng
to compensate; compensation verbnoun
to compensate for a loss or make up for a deficiency; payment or act that makes up for such a loss

他加班以补偿上班迟到。

tā jiā bān yǐ bǔ​cháng shàng bān chí​dào.

He worked overtime to make up for his lateness for work.

队友可以帮助补偿对方的个人弱点。

duì​yǒu kě​yǐ bāng​zhù bǔ​cháng duì​fāng de gè​rén ruò​diǎn.

Teammates can help compensate for each other’s individual weaknesses.

to repay
to repay or reward someone for their efforts or kindness

Frequency
Movie subtitles
21.0 per million appears in 9% of films
Written text
29.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 5

Cross-References

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)