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薪水

薪水 xīnshuǐ

薪水 xīnshuǐ Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 薪水 xīnshuǐ .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xīnshuǐ | xin1 shui3
English translation
salary
wage

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Traditional form

薪水 xīnshuǐ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 薪水 xīnshuǐ

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xīn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and Xīn represents the sound. Originally written as Xīn .

Positional decomposition

艹新

Number of Strokes

16
Shuǐ

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a river.

Positional decomposition

jué

Number of Strokes

4

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Example sentences using 薪水 xīnshuǐ

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海尔 Hǎi ěr 先生 Xiānsheng měi 星期 xīngqī 45 Yuán 薪水 xīnshuǐ .

Hale received a salary of forty - five dollars a week.

de 薪水 xīnshuǐ de zhǐ chā 一点点 yī diǎn diǎn .

The difference between her wages and yours is only fractional.

这个 zhè ge 工作 gōngzuò 差劲 chà jìn 透顶 tòu dǐng : 老板 Lǎobǎn bèn , 工作 gōngzuò ,薪水 xīnshuǐ yòu .

This job stinks: stupid boss, hard work, and low pay.

竟然 jìngrán 厚着脸皮 liǎn pí 要求 yāoqiú 增加 zēngjiā 薪水 xīnshuǐ .

He had the audacity to ask for an increase in salary.

de 薪水 xīnshuǐ 大约 dàyuē shì 9,000英镑 Yīng bàng 还有 hái yǒu 一辆车业务 yèwù 经费 jīngfèi 支配 zhīpèi

My salary was around £9,000 plus a car and expenses.

薪水 xīnshuǐ Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 薪水 xīnshuǐ and their own compounds.

薪水 xīnshuǐ Compounds

See all 151 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 薪水 xīnshuǐ in their composition.

  • xīn
    • Shuǐ
      • yǒng
        • qiú
          • qiú , jiù , qiú , qiú , qiú , qiú , Qiú , 絿 qiú , qiú , qiú , , , , , , , , , , ,
        • yàng
        • yǒng , mài , yǒng , chǎng , , , , , yǒng
        • 绿, bāo , liù , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • bīng
      • 尿 niào
      • quán
        • xiàn , xún , quán , , , , , xiàn , , , , ,
      • bèng
      • gǒng
        • , , hòng
        • , , , , , ,
      • tǔn
          • , , , ,
        • shǔ
          • nián , chī , ,
      • cuān
      • zhěng
      • xíng
      • jiāng , dàng , yàng , dàng , , yuān , miǎo , , jiǒng , xx , , xíng , mài , yǐng , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 漿 jiāng , , , , , pīng , , , ,
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