Chinese symbol for “allowance”
津贴
jīn tiē
Traditional: 津貼
allowance
The closest CC-CEDICT match for allowance is 津贴 (jīn tiē), defined as: allowance.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “allowance”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贴 (貼) | tiē | to stick; to paste |
| 补助 (補助) | bǔ zhù | to subsidize; subsidy |
| 补贴 (補貼) | bǔ tiē | to subsidize; subsidy |
| 备抵 (備抵) | bèi dǐ | an allowance; to allow for (a drop in value) (accountancy) |
| 零花钱 (零花錢) | líng huā qián | pocket money; allowance |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 津贴.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 津津乐道 (津津樂道) | jīn jīn lè dào | to discuss sth enthusiastically |
| 问津 (問津) | wèn jīn | to make inquiries (mostly used in the negative) |
| 无人问津 (無人問津) | wú rén wèn jīn | to be of no interest to anyone (idiom) |
| 津液 | jīn yè | bodily fluids (general term in Chinese medicine) |
| 津津有味 | jīn jīn yǒu wèi | with keen interest (idiom); with great pleasure |
| 补贴 (補貼) | bǔ tiē | to subsidize; subsidy |
| 贴近 (貼近) | tiē jìn | to press close to; to snuggle close |
| 张贴 (張貼) | zhāng tiē | to post (a notice); to advertise |
See also: Japanese symbol for “allowance”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.