I need a raise.
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薪
xīn
xīn · san1 (Jyutping)
- (literary) firewood; fuel
- (bound form) salary
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Character breakdown
薪
- Meaning
- fuel, firewood; salary
- Radical
- 艹
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- ⿱艹新
- Cangjie
- TYDL
- Four-corner
- 4492.1
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Example sentences
They asked for an increase of salary.
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