年薪

niánxīn

noun HSK 7-9 #20,619

Meanings

1 annual salary

Characters

salary; firewood

Examples

HSK 4

他的年薪超过五十万。

Tā de niánxīn chāoguò wǔshí wàn.

His annual salary exceeds 500,000.

HSK 6

这个职位的年薪很有吸引力。

Zhège zhíwèi de niánxīn hěn yǒu xīyǐnlì.

The annual salary for this position is very attractive.

Tips

memory

年 (year) + 薪 (salary / firewood) = yearly salary. 薪 originally meant firewood (what early workers were paid with), and evolved into the modern sense of salary.

Stroke Order

年 nián

薪 xīn