赔 (péi): to compensate
赔 (péi) is a Chinese character meaning “to compensate.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 贝 (semantic) and 咅 (phonetic). It ranks #1718 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 赔 money. Its radical form 贝 (shell) appears in many related characters such as 贵 (guì, abbr. for Guizhou Province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]), 负 (fù, to bear), 责 (zé, responsibility).
Definitions
- to compensate
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 赔
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 索赔 | suǒ péi | to ask for compensation |
| 赔偿金 | péi cháng jīn | compensation |
| 赔钱 | péi qián | to lose money |
| 理赔 | lǐ péi | to settle a claim |
| 赔付 | péi fù | to pay out |
| 赔款 | péi kuǎn | reparations |
| 赔罪 | péi zuì | to apologize |
| 赔不是 | péi bú shi | to apologize |
| 赔本 | péi běn | loss |
| 赔礼 | péi lǐ | to offer an apology |
| 赔钱货 | péi qián huò | unprofitable goods |
| 包赔 | bāo péi | guarantee to pay compensations |
| 赔了夫人又折兵 | péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng | lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom) |
| 假一赔十 | jiǎ yī péi shí | lit. if one is fake, I shall compensate you for ten of them |
| 赔小心 | péi xiǎo xīn | to be conciliatory or apologetic |
赔 appears in 25 compound words: 60 as the first character, 32 as the last, and 8 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 赔 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
这次事故造成的损失，保险公司会赔偿。
Zhè cì shìgù zàochéng de sǔnshī, bǎoxiǎn gōngsī huì péicháng.
The insurance company will compensate for the losses caused by this accident.
女骑士遭路树砸伤求国赔 嘉院准了
nǚ qí shì zāo lù shù zá shāng qiú guó péi jiā yuàn zhǔn le
The female knight was injured by a road tree and asked for national compensation
酷澎个资外泄!只赔千元折价券挨批没诚意 律师:最高可求偿2...
kù péng gè zī wài xiè ! zhī péi qiān yuán zhé jià quàn āi pī méi chéng yì lǜ shī : zuì gāo kě qiú cháng 2 . . .
Cool Peng's personal information leaked! Only 1,000 yuan discount coupon was criticized for being insincere Lawyer: Up to 2 can be claimed...
师培公费生违约 恐赔百万
shī péi gōng fèi shēng wéi yuē kǒng péi bǎi wàn
Teachers and publicly-funded students are afraid of losing millions
福建女孩扶起骑车摔倒老人 遭索赔人民币22万缠讼近1年
fú jiàn nǚ hái fú qǐ qí chē shuāi dǎo lǎo rén zāo suǒ péi rén mín bì 2 2 wàn chán sòng jìn 1 nián
Fujian girl helped up and fell on a bicycle and fell down an old man and was sued for nearly 1 year with a claim of RMB 220,000
福建老太骑车摔倒,扶人女孩被定次责索赔22万,母亲..
fú jiàn lǎo tài qí chē shuāi dǎo , fú rén nǚ hái bèi dìng cì zé suǒ péi mò , mǔ qīn . .
Fujian old woman fell down on a bike, helping the girl was held responsible for 220,000, the mother...
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。
Nǐ xūyào péicháng tā sǔnshī de qián.
You must compensate him for the money he lost.
Character Family
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