xīn

salary; fuel

HSK 6 #2167

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 2167th character
Radical ⾋ (140.13)
Strokes 16
Index # 3325

Definitions

薪 xīn
  1. 1. salary
  2. 2. fuel

Stroke order

薪 stroke order diagram
薪 stroke order animation

Words containing 薪

Word Meaning
to add fuel to the fire
daily wage
fig. to take preventive measures
lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure
firewood
to owe wages; wages arrears; back pay
to cut wages
to cut wages
leave of absence without pay (Tw)
leave of absence without pay (Tw)
to pay wages or salary
to pay wages or salary
payday
payday
to add fuel to the flames
to add fuel to the flames
fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge
fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge
to pass on a tradition or skill
to pass on a tradition or skill
pass on knowledge; hand down tradition
pass down knowledge over generations
salary; wage