税法 (shuì fǎ) — tax law

Definition

noun
tax law
Easily confused

Examples

  • 税法，。
    Wǒ zhèng zài xué xí shuì fǎ, yīn wèi wǒ xiǎng dāng shuì wù lǜ shī.
    I am studying tax law because I want to become a tax lawyer.
  • 税法。
    Měi gè gōng sī dōu bì xū zūn shǒu shuì fǎ.
    Every company must comply with tax law.
  • 税法。
    Xīn chū tái de shuì fǎ duì zhōng xiǎo qǐ yè hěn yǒu lì.
    The newly introduced tax law is very favorable for small and medium enterprises.

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.

税shuìtax
法fǎlaw

“税” names tax, and “法” names law, so the word means law about taxes.

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hé
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.

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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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
廌廌zhìa type of antelope or caprid
Sound part声符shēngfú
盍
盍hé法fǎ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

法's older form combined 氵 (water) and 廌 (a type of antelope or caprid), with 盍 as a sound part; later 廌 was dropped.

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