厘金 lí jīn

old local trade tax in late Qing China

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. a form of transit taxation in China introduced to finance armies to suppress the Taiping Rebellion

Characters

Character Meaning
厘 lí HSK 5
one hundredth; centi-; variant of 釐lí
金 jīn HSK 4
gold; money; golden