年金 (nián jīn) — annuity | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

annuity

年金。
Tā měi yuè cóng bǎo xiǎn gōng sī lǐng qǔ yì bǐ nián jīn.
He receives an annuity from the insurance company every month.
年金。
Zhè zhǒng nián jīn chǎn pǐn kě yǐ bǎo zhèng tuì xiū hòu de shōu rù.
This type of annuity product can guarantee income after retirement.
年金。
Gòu mǎi nián jīn shì yì zhǒng cháng qī tóu zī fāng shì.
Buying an annuity is a long-term investment method.

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.

年金 joins 年 'year' and 金 'money' to mean a yearly payment.

Characters in this word

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héwheat; grain

Sound part声符shēngfú

人

人rén年nián

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

年 pairs 禾 (grain) with 人, which gives the sound. Its original meaning was harvest, and it later came to mean a year.

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.