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shuì

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shuì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shuì | shui4
English translation
taxes
duties

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About shuì

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

shuì

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Grain  paid as tribute  Duì Duì also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of shuì

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

禾兑

Explanation

Simplified form of shuì . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and duì represents the sound.

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Example sentences using shuì

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那个 nà ge lǎo bǎn 老是 lǎo shi zài 所得税 suǒ dé shuì 申报 shēnbào shǎng 虚报 xū bào 窜改 cuàn gǎi .

The boss always fudges on his income tax forms.

现在 xiànzài shuì 局长 jú zhǎng diū le ,改做公债 gōng zhài , 自然 zìrán 主张 zhǔzhāng yòu 不同 bù tóng le .

Now that I'm a stock - jobber, naturally my likes and dislikes have changed.

收取 shōu qǔ 税款 shuì kuǎn bìng 支付 zhī fù xiàn zhài .

The treasurer receives tax collections and pays the county's debts.

约翰 Yuē hàn 缴付 jiǎo fù de 税款 shuì kuǎn 平均 píngjūn 达到 dádào 收入 shōurù de 五分之一 wǔ fēn zhī yī 左右 zuǒyòu .

John's taxes averaged out to about a fifth of his income.

他们 tā men Cóng 工资 gōngzī Zhōng kòu le 美元 Měi yuán 所得税 suǒ dé shuì .

They kept back five dollars from her wages for income tax.

Words with shuì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shuì taxes shuì
税收 shuì shōu taxation稅收
税务 shuì wù taxation services稅務
纳税 nà shuì to pay taxes納稅
纳税人 nà shuì rén taxpayer納稅人
免税 miǎn shuì tax free免稅
关税 guān shuì tariff關稅
税款 shuì kuǎn tax payments稅款
所得税 suǒ dé shuì income tax所得稅
缴税 jiǎo shuì to pay tax繳稅
逃税 táo shuì to evade a tax逃稅
退税 tuì shuì tax rebate or refund退稅
增值税 zēng zhí shuì value-added tax (VAT)增值稅
税务局 Shuì wù jú Tax Bureau稅務局
征税 zhēng shuì to levy taxes徵稅
减税 jiǎn shuì tax cut減稅
税法 shuì fǎ tax code稅法
营业税 yíng yè shuì tax on turnover營業稅
偷税 tōu shuì tax evasion偷稅
漏税 lòu shuì tax evasion漏稅
报税 bào shuì to make a tax declaration報稅
财税 cái shuì finance and taxation財稅
收税 shōu shuì to collect tax收稅

shuì Decomposition & Compounds

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shuì Decomposition

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