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薪
xīn
1. fuel
2. salary
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 17 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

薪
xīn
fuel, firewood; salary
HSK 6 16 丶

Compound Words (20)

加薪
jiāxīn
to raise salary
带薪
dàixīn
to receive one's regular salary (while on vacation, study leave etc)
年薪
niánxīn
annual salary
底薪
dǐxīn
basic salary
提薪
tíxīn
to receive a raise in salary
日薪
rìxīn
daily wage
月薪
yuèxīn
monthly income (in kind)
柴薪
cháixīn
firewood
欠薪
qiànxīn
to owe wages
减薪
jiǎnxīn
to cut wages
发薪
fāxīn
to pay wages or salary
薪俸
xīnfèng
salary
薪传
xīnchuán
(of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another, abbr. for [[薪盡火傳|薪尽火传<xīnjìnhuǒchuán>]]
薪水
xīnshuǐ
salary
HSK 6
薪资
xīnzī
salary
薪酬
xīnchóu
pay
薪金
xīnjīn
salary
周薪
zhōuxīn
weekly salary
高薪
gāoxīn
high salary
工薪族
gōngxīnzú
salaried class

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,166
Word Frequency Rank
216 of 84,292

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