赔钱

• ピンイン: péi qián
• 漢字の分解: 赔 = 贝 + 咅 (shell/money + compensate); 钱 = 钅 + 戋 (metal + small — small pieces of metal, money)

意味

損をする；賠償金を払う

Used both for business losses and for paying compensation. Can describe an investment that went wrong, a business operating at a loss, or compensating someone for damages. The colloquial sense of losing money on a deal is very common.

例文

1. 这家餐厅连续亏损，老板不得不接受赔钱的现实。
2. 他因违约被迫赔钱给合作方，损失惨重。
3. 创业初期赔钱是常有的事，关键在于能否坚持下去。

使い方ガイド

場面: business, finance, daily life, compensation

トーン: neutral

正しい言い方

• 这批货物在运输中严重受损，物流公司须按合同规定赔钱给客户。(The goods were severely damaged in transit, and the logistics company must compensate the client according to the terms of the contract.)
• 他在股市中连续操作失误，三个月内赔钱超过百万元。(He made a series of poor decisions in the stock market and lost more than one million yuan over three months.)

避ける言い方

• 他赔钱了一个道歉 — use 道歉 alone or 赔礼道歉 for apologising; 赔钱 specifically involves financial compensation, not verbal apology

起源と歴史

赔 (compensate, suffer loss) + 钱 (money) — to lose or pay out money

文化的背景

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal