高薪 (gāo xīn) — high salary, high pay | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

high salaryhigh pay

Examples

高薪。
Tā zhǎo dào le yí fèn gāo xīn de gōng zuò.
He found a job with a high salary.
高薪。
Zhè jiā gōng sī tí gōng gāo xīn hé liáng hǎo de fú lì.
This company offers a high salary and good benefits.
高薪，。
Wèi le gāo xīn, tā jué dìng qù guó wài gōng zuò.
For a high salary, he decided to work abroad.

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.

高 (high) + 薪 (pay) denotes high pay.

Characters in this word

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

高 was drawn as a tall building.

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

艹新薪

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎo

Sound part声符shēngfú

新

新xīn薪xīn

Same sound today

In 薪, the top 艹 (plants, written 艸) marks plant material, and 新 (xīn) gives the sound.

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