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退休金 (tuì xiū jīn) — pension

Definition

noun
pension

Examples

  • 退休金。
    Tā měi gè yuè dōu ná tuì xiū jīn.
    He receives a pension every month.
  • 退休金？
    tuì xiū jīn Gòu shēng huó ma?
    Is the pension enough to live on?
  • 退休金。
    Wǒ bà ba de tuì xiū jīn bù duō.
    My father's pension is not much.

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.

退休retirement
退tuìretire休xiūrest
联合Coordinate
金jīnmoney

退休 means retirement and 金 means money, so it is money paid after retirement.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 皀皀jífood vessel
  • 夊夊suīdownward foot

退 originally showed 皀, a food vessel, with 夊, a downward foot, for leaving the table after eating. In modern 退, the vessel part 皀 changed into an unrelated shape.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

休 pairs 人 (man) with 木 (tree), showing a person leaning against a tree to rest.

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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.

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.

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