赌

賭

dǔ

者 + 贝

HSK 3.0Level 7

Definitions

dǔ (verb) to gamble; to bet

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound. Simplified form of 賭.

Semantic: 贝 Phonetic: 者

About

赌 (traditional form 賭) is a phonosemantic compound combining the radical 贝 (bèi), simplified from 貝, which depicts cowrie shells used as early currency and thus conveys money or wealth, with the phonetic component 者 (zhě). The character was created to mean gambling, wagering money on games of chance or uncertain outcomes, and its core sense of risking valuables remains, though it can also be applied metaphorically to high-stakes risks or taking a chance on an unpredictable event.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

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我从不赌博。

Wǒ cóng bù dǔbó.

I never gamble.

赌博是非法行为。

Dǔbó shì fēifǎ xíngwéi.

Gambling is illegal behavior.

他赌赢了很多钱。

Tā dǔ yíngle hěnduō qián.

He won a lot of money gambling.

我们打赌明天会不会下雨。

Wǒmen dǎdǔ míngtiān huì bù huì xià yǔ.

We bet on whether it will rain tomorrow.

如果你继续赌博，你会失去朋友。

Rúguǒ nǐ jìxù dǔbó, nǐ huì shīqù péngyǒu.

If you continue gambling, you will lose friends.

尽管赌博有风险，但有些人仍然沉迷其中。

Jǐnguǎn dǔbó yǒu fēngxiǎn, dàn yǒuxiē rén réngrán chénmí qízhōng.

Although gambling has risks, some people are still addicted to it.

为了戒除赌瘾，他寻求专业帮助。

Wèile jièchú dǔyǐn, tā xúnqiú zhuānyè bāngzhù.

In order to quit gambling addiction, he sought professional help.

在经历了赌博导致的家庭破裂后，他下定决心永远不再赌。

Zài jīnglìle dǔbó dǎozhì de jiātíng pòliè hòu, tā xià dìng juéxīn yǒngyuǎn bù zài dǔ.

After experiencing family breakdown caused by gambling, he made up his mind to never gamble again.

Related Characters

Component: 者

Component: 贝

赌