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薪 xīn

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xīn | xin1
English translation
fuel
salary
fuel, firewood; salary

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About 薪 xīn

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

薪 xīn

Contains the radical

艹 cǎo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Freshly-cut 新 Xīn wood 艹 cǎo ; 新 Xīn also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of 薪 xīn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱艹新

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using 薪 xīn

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

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

她 tā 的 de 薪水 xīnshuǐ 和 hé 你 nǐ 的 de 只 zhǐ 差 chā 一点点 yī diǎn diǎn .

The difference between her wages and yours is only fractional.

预支 yù zhī 了 le 五十 wǔ shí 元 Yuán 薪金 xīn jīn 给 gěi 他 tā .

He was given an advance of fifty dollars on his salary.

这个 zhè ge 工作 gōngzuò 差劲 chà jìn 透顶 tòu dǐng : 老板 Lǎobǎn 笨 bèn , 工作 gōngzuò 苦 kǔ ,薪水 xīnshuǐ 又 yòu 低 dī .

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

那里 nà li 最 zuì 近 jìn 物价 wù jià 上涨 shàng zhǎng ,对 duì 低 dī 薪 xīn 雇员 gù yuán 影响 yǐngxiǎng 最大.

The recent rise in prices there tells heavily on low - salaried employees.

Words with 薪 xīn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
薪水 xīnshuǐ salary薪水 xīnshuǐ
薪 xīn fuel薪 xīn
年薪 nián xīn annual salary年薪 nián xīn
月薪 yuè xīn monthly income (in kind)月薪 yuè xīn
加薪 jiā xīn to raise salary加薪 jiā xīn
高薪 gāo xīn high salary高薪 gāo xīn
薪金 xīn jīn salary薪金 xīn jīn
工薪阶层 gōng xīn jiē céng salaried class工薪階層
欠薪 qiàn xīn to owe wages欠薪 qiàn xīn
杯水车薪 bēi shuǐ chē xīn lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure杯水車薪
卧薪尝胆 wò xīn cháng dǎn fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge臥薪嘗膽
底薪 dǐ xīn basic salary底薪 dǐ xīn
周薪 zhōu xīn weekly salary週薪
薪资 xīn zī salary薪資
釜底抽薪 fǔ dǐ chōu xīn to pull the carpet from under sb釜底抽薪 fǔ dǐ chōu xīn
停薪留职 tíng xīn liú zhí leave of absence without pay停薪留職
工薪族 gōng xīn zú salaried class工薪族 gōng xīn zú
薪俸 xīn fèng salary薪俸 xīn fèng
减薪 jiǎn xīn to cut wages減薪
发薪 fā xīn to pay wages or salary發薪
日薪 rì xīn daily wage日薪 rì xīn
抱薪救火 bào xīn jiù huǒ lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action抱薪救火 bào xīn jiù huǒ

薪 xīn Decomposition & Compounds

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薪 xīn Decomposition

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