税 (shuì): tax

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HSK 5noun

Character info

Pinyin
Meaning: tax
Characters: 1
Part of speech: noun
HSK level: HSK 5
Strokes: 12
Radical: 禾
Structure: 左右结构

Full definitions

taxes
duties

Chinese explanation

国家依法向个人或企业征收的钱，用来支持政府的公共开支，比如修路、办学校、维持军队和公共服务等。常见的搭配有纳税、税收、免税、关税、个人所得税。作动词时较少用，表示征收赋税，如税民。注意，税是按规定必须缴纳的，不交可能违法。

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Every April, many Americans have to fill out forms to report to the government how much they earned the previous year, and then pay federal income tax.

This company was fined by the tax bureau for tax evasion and had to pay back millions of yuan in taxes.

The government plans to lower taxes on small businesses so they have more funds to develop their operations.

In some countries, the price of goods already includes tax, so customers don't need to pay extra when checking out.

On his monthly pay stub, tax and social security deductions take up a significant proportion, so the money he takes home is much less.

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