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賠 / 赔

Traditional
賠
Simplified
赔

to compensate for loss/to indemnify/to suffer a financial loss

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 5

Pinyin

péi

Bopomofo

ㄆㄟˊ

Jyutping

pui4

Example sentences

賠 / 赔 péi
如果弄壞了別人的東西，就必須賠償。
如果弄坏了别人的东西，就必须赔偿。

If you break someone else's thing, you must compensate them.

償 / 偿 cháng
這場車禍的損失由保險公司全額賠償。
这场车祸的损失由保险公司全额赔偿。

The insurance company fully compensated for the losses from the car accident.

賠償 / 赔偿 péicháng
這家公司必須賠償所有損失。
这家公司必须赔偿所有损失。

This company must compensate for all losses.

數額 / 数额 shùé
賠償的數額仍在商討中。
赔偿的数额仍在商讨中。

The amount of compensation is still being discussed.

理賠 / 理赔 lǐpéi
保險公司在事故後完成理賠。
保险公司在事故后完成理赔。

After the accident, the insurance company completed the claim settlement.

保單 / 保单 bǎodān
收到保單後，我仔細確認了保障範圍和理賠條件。
收到保单后，我仔细确认了保障范围和理赔条件。

After receiving the policy, I carefully checked its coverage and claim conditions.

索賠 / 索赔 suǒpéi
保險公司拒絕了客人的索賠要求。
保险公司拒绝了客人的索赔要求。

The insurance company rejected the customer's claim for compensation.

賠款 / 赔款 péikuǎn
公司因違約支付了一大筆賠款。
公司因违约支付了一大笔赔款。

The company paid a large sum in compensation after breaching the contract.

賠罪 / 赔罪 péizuì
他買了一束花向她賠罪。
他买了一束花向她赔罪。

He bought a bouquet of flowers to apologize to her.

豈有此理 / 岂有此理 qǐyǒucǐlǐ
明明是他的錯，卻要我們賠罪，真是豈有此理！
明明是他的错，却要我们赔罪，真是岂有此理！

It's clearly his fault, yet we are the ones expected to apologize—this is absolutely preposterous!

Example Vocabulary

賠

pei2

compensate; pay for; apologize

賠償

pei2'chang2

to compensate; to pay for

理賠

li3'pei2

to process and settle an insurance claim

索賠

suo3'pei2

to claim damages; to ask for compensation

賠款

pei2'kuan3

compensation payment; damages

賠禮

pei2'li3

賠罪

pei2'zui4

to apologize; to make amends

包賠

bao1'pei2

認賠

賠償金

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