上税 (shàng shuì) — to pay taxes

Definition

上税 (shàng shuì) means 'to pay taxes' as a verb phrase — a more formal, written-style alternative to everyday 交税 (HSK 4).

verb
to pay taxes

Examples

  • 上税。
    shàng shuì Shì gōng mín de yì wù.
    Paying taxes is a citizen's duty.
  • 。
    Tā yǐ jīng shàng le shuì.
    He has already paid the tax.
  • 。
    Zhè ge yuè wǒ shàng le yí cì shuì.
    I paid taxes once this month.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

上shàngsubmit
税shuìtax

上 'submit' and 税 'tax' combine to mean paying taxes.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

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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
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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