赔
to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss
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How 赔 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
贝 (semantic, “money”) + 咅 (phonetic, pǒu)
How to remember it
compensate · Heisig RSH #482
clam + muzzle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 咅
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 咅 (pǒu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咅 sound component | pǒu | to spit out |
| 部 | bù | department, ministry; division, unit; part, section |
| 培 | péi | to cultivate, to farm; to shore up |
| 陪 | péi | to accompany, to be with, to keep company |
| 剖 | pōu | to bisect, to dissect, to slice |
| 菩 | pú | herb, aromatic plant |
| 焙 | bèi | to bake, to roast; to dry by the fire |
| 涪 | fú | a river in Sichuan province |
| 碚 | bèi | suburb |
| 瓿 | bù | vase, pot, jar |
| 掊 | póu | to extract; to injure |
| 踣 | bó | stiff, corpse-like; rigor mortis |
| 醅 | pēi | unstrained spirits |
| 锫 | péi | berkelium |
Words containing 赔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赔小心 | péi xiǎo xīn | to be conciliatory or apologetic; to tread warily in dealing with sb |
| 假一赔十 | jiǎ yī péi shí | lit. if one is fake, I shall compensate you for ten of them; fig. (of goods) 100% genuine |
| 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); fig. to suffer a … |
| 赔不是 | péi bú shi | to apologize |
| 赔钱货 | péi qián huò | unprofitable goods; item that can only be sold at a loss; daughter (so called in former ti… |
| 免赔条款 | miǎn péi tiáo kuǎn | franchise clause (insurance) |
| 赔上 | péi shàng | to pay for sth with the loss of (one's health etc); to have sth come at the cost of (one's… |
| 理赔 | lǐ péi | to settle a claim; claims settlement; payment of claims |
| 赔本 | péi běn | loss; to sustain losses |
| 包赔 | bāo péi | guarantee to pay compensations |
| 提赔 | tí péi | to make a claim (for damages etc) |
| 倒赔 | dào péi | to sustain loss in trade |
| 赔钱 | péi qián | to lose money; to suffer a financial loss; to pay for damages |
| 赔礼 | péi lǐ | to offer an apology; to make amends |
| 赔罪 | péi zuì | to apologize |
| 赔率 | péi lǜ | betting odds |
| 赔笑 | péi xiào | to smile apologetically or obsequiously |
| 索赔 | suǒ péi | to ask for compensation; to claim damages; claim for damages |
| 赔款 | péi kuǎn | reparations; to pay reparations |
| 赔偿金 | péi cháng jīn | compensation |