賠

péi

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Verb

賠 (péi) is a Chinese word meaning “to compensate for loss”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

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

Stroke order

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Example

打破了東西,他要賠錢。

Having broken something, he has to pay for it.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).