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税收 (shuì shōu) — taxation; tax revenue

Definition

税收 (shuìshōu) is tax revenue — the money a government collects. 税 is the general word for a single tax; 税收 is the system/total collected, often paired with 制度 or 来源.

noun
taxationtax revenue

Examples

  • 税收。
    shuì shōu Shì guó jiā cái zhèng shōu rù de zhǔ yào lái yuán.
    Tax revenue is the main source of national fiscal income.
  • 税收，。
    Qǐ yè bì xū àn shí jiǎo nà shuì shōu, fǒu zé huì miàn lín fá kuǎn.
    Enterprises must pay taxes on time, otherwise they will face fines.
  • 税收。
    Hé lǐ de shuì shōu zhì dù yǒu zhù yú suō xiǎo pín fù chā jù.
    A reasonable tax system helps narrow the gap between rich and poor.

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
收shōucollection

「税」 and 「收」 bring together the idea of revenue from 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.

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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
攴攴pū
Sound part声符shēngfú
丩
丩jiū收shōu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

收 uses 攴 to show an action and 丩 as a sound clue; the old meaning was 'to arrest.'

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Finance & Banking

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