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酬

chóu

HSK 6 Character

What 酬 means

1. to entertain
2. to repay
3. to return
4. to reward
5. to compensate
6. to reply
7. to answer

Other readings

酬 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• chóuold variant of {酬|chóu}
• chóuvariant of {酬|chóu}
• chóuvariant of {酬|chóu}

Example sentences

• 他的薪酬很高。
  Tā de xīnchóu hěn gāo.
  His salary is high.
• 开业庆典酬宾。
  Kāiyè qìngdiǎn chóubīn.
  Grand opening sale.
• 这工作报酬很高。
  Zhè gōngzuò bàochou hěn gāo.
  This job pays pretty well.
• 这个工作没有酬劳。
  Zhège gōngzuò méiyǒu chóuláo.
  This job doesn't pay.
• 让我们平分这个报酬吧。
  Ràng wǒmen píngfēn zhège bàochou ba.
  Let's split the reward fifty-fifty.
• 我们做这事没有额外报酬。
  Wǒmen zuò zhè shì méiyǒu éwài bàochou.
  We won't get paid extra for doing this.

Words starting with 酬

• 酬劳chóu láoreward
• 酬金chóu jīnmonetary reward; remuneration
• 酬谢chóu xièto thank with a gift
• 酬偿chóu chángreward
• 酬和chóu hèto respond to a poem with a poem
• 酬报chóu bàoto repay; to reward
• 酬对chóu duì(literary) to reply; to answer
• 酬应chóu yìngsocial interaction
• 酬神chóu shénto offer thanks to the gods
• 酬答chóu dáto thank with a gift
• 酬宾chóu bīnbargain sale; discount
• 酬赏chóu shǎngreward
• 酬载chóu zàipayload
• 酬酢chóu zuòto exchange toasts

Words containing 酬

• 报酬bào choureward; remuneration
• 应酬yìng chouto engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement
• 稿酬gǎo chóufee paid to an author for a piece of writing
• 天道酬勤tiān dào chóu qínHeaven rewards the diligent. (idiom)
• 片酬piàn chóuremuneration for playing a role in a movie or television drama
• 奖酬jiǎng chóuincentive; reward
• 薄酬bó chóusmall reward (for work); meager remuneration
• 薪酬xīn chóupay; remuneration; salary
• 计酬jì chóuto calculate the payment for the work sb has done…
• 高薪酬gāo xīn chóuhigh salary
• 同工同酬tóng gōng tóng chóuequal pay for equal work
• 边际报酬biān jì bào chóumarginal returns
• 投资报酬率tóu zī bào chóu lǜreturn on investment; rate of return

Characters that look like 酬

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 触chùto touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions
• 稣sūarchaic variant of 苏; to revive
• 酮tóngketone
• 掰bāito break off or break open sth with one's hands; (fig.) to break off (a relationship)
• 酣hānintoxicated
• 鹋miáoused in 鸸鹋

Sounds the same

Read chóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 愁to worry about
• 绸(light) silk
• 筹chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds)…
• 仇hatred; animosity; enmity
• 畴arable fields; cultivated field; class
• 稠dense; crowded; thick
• 踌used in 踌躇
• 惆forlorn; vexed; disappointed
• 俦comrades; friends; companions
• 雠to collate; to proofread
• 鯈Leuciscus macropus
• 嬦(archaic) used in ladies' names