月薪 (yuè xīn) — monthly salary, monthly pay

Definition

noun
monthly salarymonthly pay

Examples

  • 月薪。
    Zhè fèn gōng zuò de yuè xīn shì yí wàn kuài.
    The monthly salary for this job is ten thousand yuan.
  • 月薪。
    Gōng sī měi nián dōu huì tiáo zhěng yuè xīn.
    The company adjusts monthly salaries every year.
  • 月薪，。
    Chú le yuè xīn, hái yǒu nián zhōng jiǎng jīn.
    In addition to monthly salary, there's also a year-end bonus.

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.

月yuèmonth
薪xīnpay

月 means month and 薪 means pay; together they mean pay received each month.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

月 was drawn as a crescent moon, with the curved outline showing the moon’s shape.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艹Written in full as艸cǎo
Sound part声符shēngfú
新
新xīn薪xīn
Same sound today

In 薪, the top 艹 (plants, written 艸) marks plant material, and 新 (xīn) gives the sound.

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