工资
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 4
工资 (gōngzī) · pay
工资 (gōngzī) means “pay; wages; salary”. It is written with 2 characters: 工 (labor) + 资 (wealth). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 工资 is built
The characters
工 gōng · labor
What 工 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丄shàng — above
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A spade or other workman's tool (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
资 zī · wealth
What 资 is made of
- 次cì — order
- 冫bīng — ice
- 丶 — dot
- 欠qiàn — to lack
- ⺈ — top shape
- 人rén — person
- 冫bīng — ice
- 贝bèi — sea shell
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 人rén — person
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: 贝 gives the meaning, 次 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他的工资很高。Tā de gōngzī hěn gāo.His pay is high.
你们每个月几号发工资？Nǐmen měi gè yuè jǐ hào fā gōngzī?On what day of the month do you get paid?
Questions about 工资
What does 工资 mean?
工资 (gōngzī) means “pay; wages; salary”.
How do you pronounce 工资?
工资 is pronounced gōngzī.
Which HSK level is 工资?
工资 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 工人gōngrénworker
- 工作gōngzuòwork
- 打工dǎgōngto work part-time
- 工厂gōngchǎngfactory
- 工程师gōngchéngshīengineer
- 工夫gōngfutime
- 工具gōngjùtool
- 工业gōngyèindustry
- 加工jiāgōngto process
- 人工réngōngartificial
Learn 工资 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 48: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.