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赔

péi

HSK 5 Character Traditional 賠

What 赔 means

1. to compensate for loss
2. to indemnify
3. to suffer a financial loss

Example sentences

• 他玩股票赔了。
  Tā wán gǔpiào péi le.
  He lost a fortune in the stock market.
• 他们状告政府赔偿损失。
  Tāmen zhuànggào zhèngfǔ péicháng sǔnshī.
  They sued the government for damages.
• 你需要赔偿他损失的钱。
  You must compensate him for the money he lost.
• 他提出了一个勇敢而孤独的斗争，但这些沉重的打击，他的赔率不能得到他的商业计划接受。
  Tā tíchū le yī gè yǒnggǎn ér gūdú de dòuzhēng, dàn zhèxiē chénzhòng de dǎjī, tā de péi lǜ bù néng dédào tā de shāngyèjìhuà jiēshòu.
  He put up a brave and lone struggle, but up against such heavy odds he couldn't get his business plan accepted.
• 若有人争斗，一人以石头或拳头打了邻人，虽未致死，却使其卧床不起：若其后能起身、扶杖行走于外，则打人者可免于刑责，但须赔偿对方因此耽误的工钱，并承担其医治的费用。
  If men quarrel, and the one strike his neighbour with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: If he rise again and walk abroad upon his staff, he that struck him shall be quit, yet so that he make restitution for his work, and for his expenses upon the physicians.

Words starting with 赔

• 赔偿péi chángto compensate
• 赔钱péi qiánto lose money; to suffer a financial loss; to pay for damages
• 赔款péi kuǎnreparations; to pay reparations
• 赔付péi fùto pay out; to compensate; (insurance) payment
• 赔本péi běnloss; to sustain losses
• 赔偿金péi cháng jīncompensation
• 赔罪péi zuìto apologize
• 赔上péi shàngto pay for sth with the loss of (one's health etc)…
• 赔率péi lǜbetting odds
• 赔不是péi bú shito apologize
• 赔小心péi xiǎo xīnto be conciliatory or apologetic; to tread warily in dealing with sb
• 赔钱货péi qián huòunprofitable goods; item that can only be sold at a loss…
• 赔笑péi xiàoto smile apologetically or obsequiously
• 赔礼péi lǐto offer an apology; to make amends
• 赔了夫人又折兵péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīnglit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)…

Words containing 赔

• 索赔suǒ péito ask for compensation; to claim damages; claim for damages
• 理赔lǐ péito settle a claim; claims settlement; payment of claims
• 免赔miǎn péi(insurance) excess
• 判赔pàn péito sentence (sb) to pay compensation
• 包赔bāo péiguarantee to pay compensations
• 提赔tí péito make a claim (for damages etc)
• 认赔rèn péito agree to pay compensation; to accept liability
• 免赔条款miǎn péi tiáo kuǎnfranchise clause (insurance)
• 倒赔dào péito sustain loss in trade
• 假一赔十jiǎ yī péi shílit. if one is fake, I shall compensate you for ten of them; fig. (of goods) 100% genuine

Characters built on 咅

These share the phonetic component 咅 (pǒu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 培péito bank up with earth; to cultivate (lit. or fig.); to train (people)
• 倍bèi(two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double
• 陪péito accompany; to keep sb company; to assist
• 焙bèito dry over a fire; to bake
• 碚bèi(used in place names)
• 醅pēiunstrained spirits
• 锫péiberkelium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 赔

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

• 睡shuìto sleep; to lie down
• 猪zhūhog; pig; swine
• 睹dǔto observe; to see
• 瞄miáoto take aim; (fig.) to aim one's looks at; to glance at
• 焙bèito dry over a fire; to bake
• 眭suīto have a deep or piercing gaze

Sounds the same

Read péi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 陪to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist
• 培to bank up with earth; to cultivate (lit. or fig.); to train (people)
• 裴(of a garment) long and flowing
• 锫berkelium (chemistry)