赔 Stroke Order — How to Write 赔

Stroke Order

赔 is written in 12 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 贝, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

赔 Radical and Character Components

Components:贝咅

赔 is a phono-semantic compound: 贝 (money) carries the meaning, while 咅 indicates the sound.

Radical: 贝 + 8 more strokes

赔 Pronunciation and Pinyin

péi

Meanings of 赔 in Chinese

péi赔

To compensate for a loss, damage, or wrongdoing; to pay for; to make amends or apologize (as in 赔礼 daoqian).

由于我方失误，我们将承担全部责任并赔偿您的损失。

Due to our mistake, we will bear full responsibility and compensate you for your losses.

To lose money or suffer a financial loss, often in contrast to making a profit.

这次投资让他赔了不少钱。

This investment made him lose a lot of money.

Common Words and Phrases with 赔

péi赔běn本

To sustain losses in business.

这家新开的商店因为定价太低，第一年就赔本了。

This new store lost money in its first year because its prices were too low.

péi赔bǔ补

To compensate or make up for a deficit or loss.

如果发现商品数量不足，我们承诺会尽快赔补差额。

If the quantity of goods is found to be insufficient, we promise to promptly compensate for the difference.

péi赔bú不shì是

to apologize; to make an apology; to ask for forgiveness

因为迟到，我得向我的朋友赔不是。

Because I was late, I had to apologize to my friend.

péi赔cháng偿

To compensate for loss, damage, or injury.

他必须赔偿邻居的损失。

He must compensate his neighbor for the damage.

péi赔cuò错

To apologize or admit a mistake.

他意识到自己的错误，主动去向邻居赔错了。

He realized his mistake and voluntarily went to apologize to his neighbor.

péi赔diàn垫

To advance money for another, resulting in a temporary personal financial loss.

他为了帮朋友周转，不得不先赔垫了一笔钱。

To help his friend out with some cash flow, he had to temporarily advance a sum of money.

péi赔huán还

To compensate or repay; to pay back debts.

这家公司不得不赔还客户因产品缺陷造成的损失。

The company had to compensate customers for the losses caused by the product defect.

péi赔huà话

to apologize; to say words of apology

他昨天不小心撞了人，今天特地去赔话道歉。

He accidentally bumped into someone yesterday, and today he specially went to offer an apology.

péi赔kuǎn款

Money paid as compensation for damage or loss, often a large sum.

公司因产品缺陷向客户支付了巨额赔款。

The company paid a large amount of compensation to the customer due to product defects.

péi赔le了fū夫rén人yòu又zhé折bīng兵

To suffer a double loss after trying to gain an advantage; to lose both the wife and the soldiers.

小张想通过转卖囤积的商品大赚一笔，结果市场价格暴跌，他不仅没赚钱，反而赔了夫人又折兵，损失惨重

Xiao Zhang wanted to make a fortune by reselling hoarded goods, but the market price plummeted. He not only didn't make money but also ended up suffering double losses, incurring heavy financial damage.

péi赔lěi累

to suffer financial losses and incur debt, especially in business.