赔偿

péi cháng

HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 6 Verb Uncommon

Definitions

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to pay out

more formal or written term for pay compensation

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to ask for compensation

demand compensation

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to compensate

compensate for loss or damage

赔偿 is commonly used with 损失 (sǔnshī) to mean compensate for a loss, e.g., 赔偿损失.

赔偿 cannot be used for compensating someone's effort or time; use 补偿 (bǔcháng) instead.

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他需要赔偿对方的损失。

He needs to compensate the other party for their loss.

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compensation

to compensate for loss

to repay