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饷

xiǎng

Character Traditional 餉

What 饷 means

1. soldier's pay

Other readings

饷 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xiǎngvariant of {饷|xiǎng}

Words starting with 饷

• 饷银xiǎng yín(old) pay; wages (esp. for soldiers)

Words containing 饷

• 兵饷bīng xiǎngpay and provisions for soldiers
• 粮饷liáng xiǎngarmy provisions
• 薪饷xīn xiǎng(old) (military and police) pay; wages; (Taiwan) salary
• 军饷jūn xiǎnga soldier's pay and provisions
• 关饷guān xiǎngto receive one's salary; to pay sb's wages
• 吃空饷chī kòng xiǎngto embezzle by adding to the payroll employees existing in name only

Characters that look like 饷

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

• 钢gāngsteel
• 饰shìdecoration; ornament; to decorate
• 饿èhungry; to starve (sb)
• 钠nàsodium (chemistry)
• 馀Yúsurname Yu
• 钜jù(literary) hard iron; (literary) hook; barb; used in personal names and place names

Sounds the same

Read xiǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 想to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that)
• 响echo; sound; noise
• 享to enjoy; to benefit; to have the use of
• 飨(literary) to offer food and drinks; to entertain
• 晑bright; clear
• 蚃(literary) insect larva; Taiwan pr. xiàng
• 鲞dried fish