The Chinese word **索赔** (suǒpéi), meaning "to claim compensation" or "to demand reparations," is a **verb-object compound** formed by combining two distinct characters: **索** (suǒ), which means "to demand" or "to seek," and **赔** (péi), which means "to compensate" or "to pay for a loss." The structure logically follows an action-purpose sequence, where the first character denotes the action ("to demand") and the second character specifies the object or goal of that action ("compensation"). This formation is typical in modern Chinese for creating precise, transitive verbs, where the compounded meaning is directly derived from the sum of its semantic parts, resulting in a term specifically used in legal, insurance, and business contexts for pursuing a rightful payment for damages.