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理赔 (lǐ péi) — settlement of a claim (especially insurance)

Definition

An insurance-industry term for settling a claim — the insurer's process of paying (or rejecting) a policyholder's claim. Always used in the context of insurance.

noun
settlement of a claim (especially insurance)

Examples

  • 理赔。
    Bǎo xiǎn gōng sī wán chéng le zhè cì lǐ péi.
    The insurance company completed this claim settlement.
  • 理赔。
    Kè hù duì lǐ péi jié guǒ biǎo shì mǎn yì.
    The customer expressed satisfaction with the claim settlement result.
  • 理赔。
    Zhè cì shì gù de lǐ péi xū yào hěn duō wén jiàn.
    The claim settlement for this accident requires many documents.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

理lǐprocess
赔péicompensation

理 means to process and 赔 points to compensation; together it describes processing compensation claims.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
玉玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
里
里lǐ理lǐ
Same sound today

理 pairs 玉 (jade) with 里, which shows how to say it; the jade part points to the old sense of polishing jade.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 賠; 赔 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishell; money
Sound part声符shēngfú
咅
咅pǒu賠péi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 賠, 貝 (shell; money) shows the idea of making amends, and 咅 supplies the sound; the simplified 赔 is a later shorthand.

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Appears in
Finance & Banking

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