Chinese symbol for “salary”
薪水
xīn shuǐ
salary; wage
The closest CC-CEDICT match for salary is 薪水 (xīn shuǐ), defined as: salary; wage.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “salary”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 薪资 (薪資) | xīn zī | salary |
| 工钱 (工錢) | gōng qián | salary; wages |
| 薪金 | xīn jīn | salary; wage |
| 俸 | fèng | (bound form) salary; stipend |
| 薪俸 | xīn fèng | salary; pay |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 薪水.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 月薪 | yuè xīn | monthly income (in kind) |
| 薪资 (薪資) | xīn zī | salary |
| 薪酬 | xīn chóu | pay; remuneration |
| 加薪 | jiā xīn | to raise salary |
| 年薪 | nián xīn | annual salary |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
| 水泥 | shuǐ ní | cement; measure word: 袋 (dài) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “salary”.
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.