养老金 (yǎng lǎo jīn) — old-age pension; retirement pension

Definition

noun

old-age pensionretirement pension

养老金。
Tā tuì xiū hòu měi yuè lǐng qǔ yǎng lǎo jīn.
He receives a pension every month after retirement.
养老金。
Zhèng fǔ tí gāo le yǎng lǎo jīn de biāo zhǔn.
The government raised the standard of the old-age pension.
养老金。
Hěn duō rén kào yǎng lǎo jīn shēng huó.
Many people live on their pension.

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.

养老care for old age

动宾Verb + object

养老 (care for old age) and 金 (money) combine to mean the fund paid after retirement.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 養; 养 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 養 uses 羊 as a sound part and 食 as a meaning part.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape 老 combines 人 (man), 毛 (hair), and 匕 (cane), showing a man with long hair leaning on a cane.

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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