English–Chinese
“buy back” in Chinese
How to say “buy back” in Chinese
“Buy back” in Chinese is 赎 (shú).
A payment brings a held object back into its owner's hands, or balances a moral debt by bearing a cost.
Example sentences with 赎
他用积蓄把抵押的房子赎回。tā yòng jī xù bǎ dǐ yā de fáng zi shú huí
He used his savings to buy back the mortgaged house.
Tips for using 赎
- English "redeem" often covers using coupons or points, while this Chinese verb is mainly tied to recovering something held or answering for a fault.
Other Chinese words for “buy back”
我把旧手机赎回了。wǒ bǎ jiù shǒu jī shú huí le
I bought my old phone back.