净赚 (jìng zhuàn) — to net (a profit), to have as net earnings | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Verb meaning 'to net (a profit)' — what remains after costs are deducted, not gross earnings. Pairs with the amount/figure as object, as in 净赚了五百万元.

verb

to net (a profit)to have as net earnings

Examples

净赚。
Zhè jiā gōng sī qù nián jìng zhuàn le wǔ bǎi wàn yuán.
This company netted five million yuan last year.
净赚。
Tā zuò de nà bǐ shēng yì jìng zhuàn le bù shǎo qián.
That business deal he did netted quite a lot of money.
，净赚。
Zhè ge yuè chú diào chéng běn, wǒ men zhī jìng zhuàn le liǎng qiān kuài.
This month, after deducting costs, we only netted two thousand yuan.

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.

'净' (purely) and '赚' (earn) give the sense of clearing a net profit.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 賺; 赚 is its simplified writing.

貝兼賺

Meaning part形符xíngfú

貝貝bèi

Sound part声符shēngfú

兼

兼jiān賺zhuàn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 賺, 貝 is the meaning part and 兼 is the sound part; this is about 賺, not the simplified 赚.

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