pui4 soeng4賠償赔偿
Jyutpingpui4 soeng4
Yalepùih sèuhng
Definition
To compensate; to make amends for a loss with money, goods, or other actions.
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How it's used
Focuses heavily on formal or legal contexts such as insurance claims, court rulings, or contractual disputes. In everyday casual speech, people almost always prefer using the shorter verb 賠 instead of the full two-character form. Using 賠償 in a casual conversation about a minor incident can sound overly serious or bureaucratic.
Examples
He broke someone's phone, he must provide compensation.
How much money did the insurance company compensate you?
Related words
Common phrases
to demand compensation
to compensate for losses
Common mistake
Avoid using it as a noun to mean the compensation itself, as Cantonese speakers typically use 賠償金 or 賠款 for that purpose. It is strictly a verb in most natural contexts.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
