赔

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

Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

贝 meaning “money” + 咅 sound ( pǒu )

Components 贝咅

compensate · Heisig RSH #482

clam + muzzle

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

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

Characters sharing the sound component 咅 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
咅 sound part	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