税 shuì
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
税收
shuìshōu
tax revenue; taxation
Characters in this word
收 shōu
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 丩 to connect, to join 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这家工厂每年为国家提供大量税收。 Zhè jiā gōngchǎng měi nián wèi guójiā tígòng dàliàng shuìshōu. This factory provides the state with large tax revenues every year.
- 政府用税收来修路、建学校和医院。 Zhèngfǔ yòng shuìshōu lái xiūlù, jiàn xuéxiào hé yīyuàn. The government uses tax revenue to build roads, schools and hospitals.
- 公司必须按规定如实申报税收。 Gōngsī bìxū àn guīdìng rúshí shēnbào shuìshōu. Companies must declare their taxes truthfully according to the regulations.
Related words
- 免税 miǎnshuì tax-free, duty-free
- 退税 tuìshuì tax refund
- 关税 guānshuì tariff; customs duty
- 纳税 nàshuì to pay taxes
- 纳税人 nàshuìrén taxpayer
- 税务 shuìwù tax affairs; taxation administration
- 收 shōu to receive; to put away
- 收到 shōudào to receive
- 收入 shōurù income
- 收费 shōufèi to charge a fee
- 收看 shōukàn to watch a broadcast
- 收听 shōutīng to listen to a broadcast