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工资

gōngzī

wages, salary

Part of speech · noun

Pattern visualization

no decomposition available

Examples

  1. 公司每月十五号发工资。
    The company pays wages on the 15th of each month.
  2. 他的工资比去年高了一些。
    His salary is a bit higher than last year.

Collocations

发工资工资高基本工资涨工资

Mnemonic

工 gōng "work/labor" + 资 zī "funds": funds for labor = wages. Regular pay for time worked.

Related

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Quick check

  1. What does 发 mean in 发工资?

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