pui4 cin2賠錢赔钱
Jyutpingpui4 cin2
Yalepùih chín
Definition
To pay compensation, reparations, or damages with money.
colloquialmoneydaily actions
How it's used
Focuses on the act of financial compensation for damages or losses incurred. It is often used in disputes or accidents where one party is held responsible for another's loss. Unlike formal terms for compensation, this is direct and commonly used in everyday arguments or negotiations.
Examples
You broke someone's phone, of course you have to pay for it.
Related words
Common phrases
to pay compensation to someone
to be required to pay damages
Common mistake
Avoid using this to mean paying for a purchase, such as paying a cashier at a shop. For standard payments, use 俾錢 instead.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
