偷税

偷稅

tōushuì

verb #30,299

Meanings

1 to evade taxes
2 tax evasion

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

偷税是违法行为。

Tōushuì shì wéifǎ xíngwéi.

Evading taxes is illegal.

HSK 6

那位明星因偷税被罚款。

Nà wèi míngxīng yīn tōushuì bèi fákuǎn.

That celebrity was fined for tax evasion.

Tips

usage

Often paired as 偷税漏税 ('tax evasion and tax under-reporting') - a stock phrase in news reports. Compare with 逃税 ('to flee taxes'), which is now the more common legal term in PRC tax law.

Stroke Order

偷 tōu

税 shuì