报酬
Old HSK 6
报酬 (bàochou) · pay
报酬 (bàochou) means “pay; remuneration; reward”. It is written with 2 characters: 报 (newspaper) + 酬 (to toast). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 报酬 is built
The characters
报 bào · newspaper
What 报 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 卩jié — seal
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 又yòu — (once) again
Origin hint: A hand 扌 cuffing 又 a criminal 卩, representing sentencing (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
酬 chóu · to toast
What 酬 is made of
- 酉yǒu — wine
- 兀wù — weak
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 儿ér — child
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 兀wù — weak
- 州zhōu — state
- 川chuān — stream
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 川chuān — stream
Example sentences
这个工作的报酬很高。Zhège gōngzuò de bàochou hěn gāo.This job pays very well.
他帮我不要任何报酬。Tā bāng wǒ bù yào rènhé bàochou.He helped me without asking for anything in return.
Questions about 报酬
What does 报酬 mean?
报酬 (bàochou) means “pay; remuneration; reward”.
How do you pronounce 报酬?
报酬 is pronounced bàochou.
Which HSK level is 报酬?
报酬 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 报名bàomíngto sign up
- 报纸bàozhǐnewspaper
- 日报rìbàodaily newspaper
- 晚报wǎnbàoevening newspaper
- 报到bàodàoto register
- 报道bàodàoto report (news)
- 报告bàogàoreport
- 预报yùbàoforecast
- 汇报huìbàoto report
- 报社bàoshènewspaper office
Learn 报酬 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 6: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.