薪 xīn
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 新 new, recent, fresh, modern
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
薪水
xīnshui
salary
Characters in this word
水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这份工作的薪水不高，但学习机会很多。 Zhè fèn gōngzuò de xīnshui bù gāo, dàn xuéxí jīhuì hěn duō. The salary for this job is not high, but there are many learning opportunities.
- 他每个月的薪水一发下来，就先存一部分。 Tā měi ge yuè de xīnshui yì fā xiàlai, jiù xiān cún yí bùfen. As soon as his salary comes in each month, he saves part of it first.
- 公司给新员工的薪水比去年提高了一些。 Gōngsī gěi xīn yuángōng de xīnshui bǐ qùnián tígāo le yìxiē. The pay the company offers new employees is a bit higher than last year.