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薪

xīn

HSK 6 Character

What 薪 means

1. literaryfirewood; fuel
2. bound formsalary

Example sentences

• 我需要加薪。
  Wǒ xūyào jiāxīn.
  I need a raise.
• 他的薪水高。
  His salary is high.
• 他们要求加薪。
  Tāmen yāoqiú jiāxīn.
  They asked for an increase of salary.
• 他的薪酬很高。
  Tā de xīnchóu hěn gāo.
  His salary is high.
• 昨天我收到了薪水。
  I received my salary yesterday.
• 她抱怨我的薪水很低。
  She complained that my salary was low.

Words starting with 薪

• 薪水xīn shuǐsalary; wage
• 薪金xīn jīnsalary; wage
• 薪传xīn chuán(of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to…
• 薪给xīn jǐsalary; wage
• 薪资xīn zīsalary
• 薪火相传xīn huǒ xiāng chuánlit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom)…
• 薪酬xīn chóupay; remuneration; salary
• 薪俸xīn fèngsalary; pay
• 薪饷xīn xiǎng(old) (military and police) pay; wages; (Taiwan) salary
• 薪尽火传xīn jìn huǒ chuánsee 薪火相传

Words containing 薪

• 年薪nián xīnannual salary
• 月薪yuè xīnmonthly income (in kind)
• 高薪gāo xīnhigh salary
• 工薪阶层gōng xīn jiē céngsalaried class
• 卧薪尝胆wò xīn cháng dǎn(lit.) to sleep on brushwood and taste gall…
• 杯水车薪bēi shuǐ chē xīnlit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom)…
• 加薪jiā xīnto raise salary
• 带薪dài xīnto receive one's regular salary (while on vacation, study leave etc); paid (leave)…
• 底薪dǐ xīnbasic salary; base pay; salary floor
• 提薪tí xīnto receive a raise in salary
• 日薪rì xīndaily wage
• 时薪shí xīnhourly wage
• 减薪jiǎn xīnto cut wages
• 发薪fā xīnto pay wages or salary
• 讨薪tǎo xīnto seek unpaid wages
• 起薪qǐ xīnstarting salary
• 周薪zhōu xīnweekly salary
• 工薪族gōng xīn zúsalaried class
• 无薪假wú xīn jiàunpaid leave; leave without pay
• 发薪日fā xīn rìpayday
• 停薪留职tíng xīn liú zhíleave of absence without pay
• 带薪休假dài xīn xiū jiàpaid leave
• 抱薪救火bào xīn jiù huǒlit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by…
• 曲突徙薪qū tū xǐ xīnlit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom)…

Characters that look like 薪

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 额éforehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount
• 爵juéancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility
• 毅yìfirm and resolute; staunch
• 罄qìngto use up; to exhaust; empty
• 藓xiǎnmoss; lichen; moss on damp walls
• 簌sùused in 簌簌

Sounds the same

Read xīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 新new; newly; meso- (chemistry)
• 心heart; mind; intention
• 辛(of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious
• 欣happy
• 芯(bound form) the pith of the rush plant (used as a lampwick)
• 馨fragrant
• 鑫(used in names of people and shops, symbolizing prosperity)
• 歆pleased; moved
• 昕dawn
• 锌zinc (chemistry)
• 忻happy
• 莘Asarum; Wild ginger; also 细辛