# 赔钱 (péiqián)

In Mandarin Chinese, 赔钱 (péiqián) means “to lose money; to pay damages”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to lose money; to pay damages
- Pinyin: péiqián (pei2 qian2)
- Traditional: 賠錢
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这项生意一直在赔钱。
  Zhèxiàng shēngyi yīzhí zài péiqián.
  This business has been losing money the whole time.

## Characters

- [赔](https://hanziro.com/word/pei-compensate/) (péi): to compensate; to lose money
- [钱](https://hanziro.com/word/qian-money/) (qián): money

https://hanziro.com/word/pei-qian-lose-money/

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