稅 (seoi3 | shui4) : tax; duty; revenue

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稅

seoi3

shui4

tax; duty; revenue

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 禾 (#115)

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

稅 / 税

This word has been viewed 10462 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Jan 2011 13:27

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稅收 seoi3 sau1 shui4 shou1 = revenue

稅款 seoi3 fun2 shui4 kuan3 = tax payment

畀稅 bei2 seoi3 = to pay tax, duties or tariff 粵

所得稅 so2 dak1 seoi3 suo3 de2 shui4 = income tax

貨物服務稅 fo3 mat6 fuk6 mou6 seoi3 huo4 wu4 fu2 wu4 shui4 = goods and services tax, GST

稅務 seoi3 mou6 shui4 wu4 = tax administration

增值稅 zang1 zik6 seoi3 zeng1 zhi2 shui4 = value-added tax, VAT

偷稅 tau1 seoi3 tou1 shui4 = to avoid paying taxes; tax evasion

關稅 gwaan1 seoi3 guan1 shui4 = (customs) duty, tariff

納稅人 naap6 seoi3 jan4 na4 shui4 ren2 = taxpayer
See all 45 compounds (CantoDict reports 48 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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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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Decimal representation of this word: 稅
Unicode code for this character: U+7a05 (off-site link)

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