税款 (shuì kuǎn) — tax payment; taxes due

Definition

noun

tax paymenttaxes due

税款。
Wǒ men gōng sī shàng ge yuè jiāo le yì bǐ hěn dà de shuì kuǎn.
Our company paid a large sum of tax last month.
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Měi gè gōng mín dōu yǒu yì wù àn shí jiǎo nà yīng nà shuì kuǎn.
Every citizen has the duty to pay the tax due on time.
税款。
Zhèng fǔ zài kǎo lǜ jiǎn shǎo zhōng xiǎo qǐ yè de shuì kuǎn.
The government is considering reducing taxes for small and medium enterprises.

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.

款kuǎnpayment/money

Money or payments (款) related to tax (税).

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.

禾兑税

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

兑

兑duì税shuì

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

税 pairs 禾, a grain plant, with 兑, which gives the character its sound.

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

欠欠qiànlacking, desire

Sound part声符shēngfú

柰

柰nài款kuǎn

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

款 pairs 柰, a sound hint, with 欠, a part about lacking or desire.

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