赔 péi
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- Made of
- 贝 sea shell 咅 to spit out
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
赔
péi
to compensate; to lose money
Character
Example phrases
- 我赔你钱。 Wǒ péi nǐ qián. I will pay you back.
- 他赔了钱。 Tā péi le qián. He lost money.
- 店里赔钱了。 Diàn lǐ péi qián le. The shop lost money.