HSK 3 · Work & Career

工资

gōng zī

wages; salary

Stroke order of 工资

2 characters, 13 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

工 · 3 strokes资 · 10 strokes

Memory trick

Work 工 and resources 资 with a shell 贝: the money for labour.

Parts: 工 work + 资 resources (次 + 贝 shell, money)

Example sentence

他每个月的工资不高。

His salary each month is not high.

Words with 工

工作work; job; to work 工人worker 打工to do odd jobs; to work part-time 员工employee; staff 职工staff; workers 工程师engineer 工具tool 人工artificial; manual 工业industry 工厂factory 加工to process 工夫time; effort

Words with 资

资格qualifications 资金funds; capital

More words: Work & Career

职业occupation; profession 就业to get a job; employment 创业to start a business 退休to retire 事业career; cause 任务task; mission 责任responsibility; duty 负责to be responsible for 从事to be engaged in 经营to run (a business)生意business; trade 开业to open for business 资格qualifications 人才talented person; talent 志愿者volunteer 志愿wish; to volunteer

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