净收入 (jìng shōu rù) — net income | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Net income — the amount left after taxes, fees, and other deductions are subtracted from gross revenue. Used in financial and business contexts, typically for companies or formal reporting.

noun

net income

Examples

净收入。
Zhè jiā gōng sī de jìng shōu rù bǐ qù nián zēng jiā le bù shǎo.
This company's net income has increased quite a bit from last year.
，净收入。
Kòu chú shuì fèi hòu, wǒ de jìng shōu rù shǎo le hěn duō.
After deducting taxes, my net income is much lower.
净收入。
Zhè fèn bào gào xiǎn shì le shàng ge jì dù de jìng shōu rù.
This report shows last quarter's net income.

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.

收入income

收shōureceive入rùincome

动宾Verb + object

净 means clean or net, and 收入 is money received, giving the sense of net income.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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.'

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

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

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