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薪金

xīn jīn

2-character word

What 薪金 means

1. salary
2. wage

The characters in 薪金

• 薪xīn(literary) firewood; fuel; (bound form) salary
• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals

Example sentences

• 他退休时的薪金并不高。
  Tā tuìxiū shí de xīnjīn bìngbù gāo.
  He wasn't earning a large salary when he retired.
• 那份工作挺有趣味，而且薪金也不错。
  Nà fèn gōngzuò tǐng yǒuqù wèi, érqiě xīnjīn yě bù cuò.
  The job is interesting, and then again, the pay is good.
• 他的薪金很高，所以生活也过得很舒适。
  Tā de xīnjīn hěn gāo, suǒyǐ shēnghuó yě guòdé hěn shūshì.
  His high salary enabled him to live in comfort.
• 现在不止要男女薪金平等，而且还要平均分配家务。
  It is time not only to equalize men's and women's wages, but also to equalize responsibility for housework.
• 他去了那里帮助清洁工人和平地争取更高的薪金和更好的工作环境。
  Tā qù le nàli bāngzhù qīngjiégōng rén hépíng de zhēngqǔ gèng gāo de xīnjīn hé gèng hǎo de gōngzuò huánjìng.
  He had gone there to help garbage workers strike peacefully for better pay and working conditions.

Sounds the same

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

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