薪 (san1 | xin1) : salary; firewood

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薪

san1

xin1

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

Default PoS:

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 6396 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
See all 25 compounds (CantoDict reports 24 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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Decimal representation of this word: 薪
Unicode code for this character: U+85aa (off-site link)

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