薪 (san1 | xin1) : salary; firewood

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薪

san1

xin1

[1] salary; pay; wages
[2] firewood; fuel

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 17

Level: 3

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

薪

This word has been viewed 5278 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Mar 2015 16:50

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底薪 dai2 san1 di3 xin1 = basic salary

月薪 jyut6 san1 yue4 xin1 = monthly pay/salary/income

頂薪 ding2 san1 ding3 xin1 = maximum salary

起薪 hei2 san1 qi3 xin1 = starting salary

薪水 san1 seoi2 xin1 shui3 = salary

薪金 san1 gam1 xin1 jin1 = salary; wage; pay

年薪 nin4 san1 = annual pay; annual salary

薪酬 san1 cau4 = emolument

加薪水 gaa1 san1 seoi2 = to give a raise/rise in salary or wages

薪津 san1 zeon1 xin1 jin1 = paycheck, pay

加薪 gaa1 san1 jia1 xin1 = raise salary

薪俸稅 san1 fung2 seoi3 xin1 feng4 shui4 = salaries tax

減薪 gaam2 san1 = pay cuts

凍薪 dung3 san1 = freeze pay

高薪挖角 gou1 san1 waat3 gok3 = pay a high salary to attract talents from other companies

高薪跳蚤 gou1 san1 tiu3 zou2 gao1 xin1 tiao4 zao3 = a job hopper (lit., "high salary flea")

放無薪假 fong3 mou4 san1 gaa3 fang4 wu2 xin1 jia4 = take leave from work without pay; work furlough

升職加薪 sing1 zik1 gaa1 san1 sheng1 zhi2 jia1 xin1 = be promoted and get a raise

薪俸 san1 fung6 xin1 feng4 = salary; wages

薪水優渥 san1 seoi2 jau1 ak1 xin1 shui3 you1 wo4 = high wages

薪火相傳 san1 fo2 soeng1 cyun4 = pass the torch; handing over responsibilities; passing on knowledge from teacher to student

受薪 sau6 san1 shou4 xin1 = receive a salary; to receive wages 粵

發薪 faat3 san1 fa1 xin1 = pay salary; pay wages

杯水車薪 bui1 seoi2 ce1 san1 bei1 shui3 che1 xin1 = utterly inadequate

釜底抽薪 fu2 dai2 cau1 san1 fu3 di3 chou1 xin1 = strike at the root

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Unicode code for this character: U+85aa (off-site link)

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