遗产税 (yí chǎn shuì) — inheritance tax; estate tax

Definition

noun
inheritance taxestate tax

Examples

  • 遗产税。
    Tā xū yào jiǎo nà dà bǐ yí chǎn shuì.
    He needs to pay a large amount of inheritance tax.
  • 遗产税。
    yí chǎn shuì Shì jì chéng cái chǎn shí bì xū zhī fù de shuì zhǒng.
    Inheritance tax is a tax that must be paid when inheriting property.
  • 遗产税。
    Hěn duō guó jiā dōu zhēng shōu yí chǎn shuì.
    Many countries levy an inheritance tax.

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.

遗产estate
遗yíleft behind产chǎnproperty
偏正Modifier + head
税shuìtax

遗 “left behind” and 产 “property” form an estate, and 税 “tax” marks what is levied on it.

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 遺; 遗 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuòmove
Sound part声符shēngfú
貴
貴guì遺yí
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 遺 pairs 辶 (move) with 貴 as a sound part; the simplified 遗 is a shorthand, and its right side is not the old sound part.

Open 遗 →

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 產; 产 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
生生shēngto be born
Sound part声符shēngfú
彥
彥yàn產chǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 產 pairs 生, "to be born," with 彥 as a sound part; the simplified 产 is a shorthand.

Open 产 →

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 →

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