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税单 (shuì chán) — tax invoice; tax form; tax list

Definition

noun
tax invoicetax formtax list
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 税单。
    Qǐng bǎ jīn nián de shuì chán jiāo gěi wǒ.
    Please hand me this year's tax form.
  • 税单。
    Gōng sī měi gè yuè dōu yào tián xiě shuì chán.
    The company has to fill out a tax form every month.
  • 税单。
    Zhè zhāng shuì chán shàng de jīn é bú duì.
    The amount on this tax invoice is incorrect.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

税shuìtax
单dānlist

税 and 单 form a list or slip about taxes.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
禾禾hé
Sound part声符shēngfú
兑
兑duì税shuì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

税 pairs 禾, a grain plant, with 兑, which gives the character its sound.

Open 税 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 單; 单 is its simplified writing.

The form 單 originally pictured a Y-shaped wooden stick with two stones on top.

Open 单 →
Appears in
Finance & Banking

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