賠本

Chinese

		lose in trade; pay damage	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
trad. (賠本)		賠	本
simp. (赔本)		赔	本

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): péiběn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄟˊ ㄅㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pui⁴ bun²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phòi-pún
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pôe-pún / pê-pún / pêr-pńg

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: péiběn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄟˊ ㄅㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: péiběn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻei²-pên³
    • Yale: péi-běn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peirbeen
    • Palladius: пэйбэнь (pɛjbɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: péiběnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄟˊ ㄅㄣˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: péiběnr
    • Wade–Giles: pʻei²-pên³-ʼrh
    • Yale: péi-běnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peirbeel
    • Palladius: пэйбэньр (pɛjbɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯³⁵ pəɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pui⁴ bun²
    • Yale: pùih bún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pui⁴ bun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pui⁴ bun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːi̯²¹ puːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phòi-pún
    • Hakka Romanization System: poiˇ bun`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: poi² bun³
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰoi̯¹¹ pun³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pôe-pún
    • Tâi-lô: puê-pún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poe'puon
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue²³⁻³³ pun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue²⁴⁻²² pun⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pue¹³⁻²² pun⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pê-pún
    • Tâi-lô: pê-pún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pe'puon
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe²⁴⁻²² pun⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe²⁴⁻¹¹ pun⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêr-pńg
    • Tâi-lô: pêr-pńg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pə²⁴⁻²² pŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

賠本

1. to sustain losses in business; to run a business at a loss

Synonyms

• 了去 (Hokkien)
• 了大空 (Hokkien)
• 了本 (Hokkien)
• 了錢／了钱 (Hokkien)
• 倒篷頭／倒篷头 (¹tau ⁶bon-deu) (Wu)
• 倒貼／倒贴 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 塌本 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 打出本 (Hakka)
• 折本 (shéběn)
• 折錢／折钱
• 虧損／亏损 (kuīsǔn)
• 虧本／亏本 (kuīběn)
• 蝕本／蚀本 (shíběn)
• 貼本／贴本 (Hokkien, Xiang)