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salary · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 薪餉; on the Mainland it is 薪水 - both point at “salary”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 薪餉、薪水 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
薪水 is HSK 6 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 薪餉 | 薪水 |
| Reading | ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄤˇ xīn xiǎng | xīn shuǐ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ |
| Senses | (Tw) salary; (old) (military and police) pay; wages | salary; wage |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 6 |
| MOE records | 薪餉 · 薪水 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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