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缴税 (jiǎo shuì) — to pay taxes

Definition

缴税 specifically means 'to pay (over) taxes' — the verb 缴 focuses on the act of handing over a required payment, often used in formal/official contexts like 公司缴税, 缴税申报.

verb
to pay taxes

Examples

  • 缴税。
    Wǒ men gōng sī měi nián dōu yào jiǎo shuì.
    Our company has to pay taxes every year.
  • 。
    Tā shàng ge yuè yǐ jīng jiǎo le shuì.
    He already paid taxes last month.
  • 。
    Gè rén suǒ dé shuì měi nián jiǎo yí cì jiù kě yǐ le.
    It's enough to pay personal income tax once a year.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

缴jiǎohand over
税shuìtax

缴 means to hand over and 税 means taxes, so the meaning is to pay 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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 繳; 缴 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
敫
敫jiǎo繳jiǎo
Same sound today

The traditional form 繳 pairs 糸, silk, with 敫 for its sound; it meant raw silk thread. The simplified 缴 is a later shorthand.

Open 缴 →

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.

Open 税 →
Appears in
Government & Politics

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