佣金 (yòng jīn) — commission (fee paid to a broker, agent, or middleman)

Definition

noun
commission (fee paid to a broker, agent, or middleman)

Examples

  • 佣金
    Zhè bǐ jiāo yì de yòng jīn shì bǎi fēn zhī wǔ.
    The commission for this transaction is five percent.
  • 佣金
    Zhōng jiè gōng sī shōu qǔ le bǎi fēn zhī sān de yòng jīn.
    The agency charged a three percent commission.
  • 佣金
    Xiāo shòu yuán de yòng jīn àn zhào xiāo shòu é de bǐ lì jì suàn.
    The salesperson's commission is calculated as a percentage of sales revenue.

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.

yōngcommission
jīnmoney

佣 (commission) describes 金 (money), meaning money paid as a fee.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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.

金 was drawn with marks for two pieces of metal, along with a part that gave its sound; it first meant copper, then metals and gold.

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