He wasn't earning a large salary when he retired.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
薪金
salary
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
salary
02
wage
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 薪金 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 薪金 appears in 6 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The job is interesting, and then again, the pay is good.
His high salary enabled him to live in comfort.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 薪金.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 薪金.
Directly before
- 的薪金3
- 男女薪金1
- 而且薪金1
Directly after
- 薪金平等1
- 薪金多少1
- 薪金和1
- 薪金很1
- 薪金并1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 薪金
What does 薪金 mean in Chinese?
薪金 (xīnjīn) means salary.
How do you pronounce 薪金?
薪金 is pronounced xīnjīn.
Is 薪金 an HSK word?
薪金 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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