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加薪

jiā xīn

2-character word

What 加薪 means

1. to raise salary

The characters in 加薪

• 加jiāto add; (math) plus; to increase; to augment
• 薪xīn(literary) firewood; fuel; (bound form) salary

Example sentences

• 我需要加薪。
  Wǒ xūyào jiāxīn.
  I need a raise.
• 他们要求加薪。
  Tāmen yāoqiú jiāxīn.
  They asked for an increase of salary.
• 我保证你一年后加薪。
  I will ensure that your salary increases after one year.

Sounds the same

Read jiā xīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 夹心to fill with stuffing (e.g. in cooking); stuffed