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奖金 jiǎngjīn “bonus” in Chinese

Traditional 獎金

What 奖金 means

  1. bonus
  2. prize money
  3. premium
  4. award money

How to say 奖金

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale奖jiǎng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale金jīn1st tone, high and level

奖金 in a sentence

  1. 他把奖金存到银行了。

    Tā bǎ jiǎngjīn cún dào yínháng le.

    He deposited the prize money in the bank.

    Sentence #3680886 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你应该得到这个奖金。

    Nǐ yīnggāi dédào zhè ge jiǎngjīn.

    You deserve this prize money.

    Sentence #793242 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 奖金 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 奖 (jiǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
奖jiǎngprize; award; bonus; reward
  • 丬half of tree trunk · qiángSound part
  • 夕evening · xī
  • 大big · dàMeaning part

大 hints at the meaning (big); 丬 (qiáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiǎng.

The character 金 (jīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
金jīngold
  • 人person · rén
  • 王king · wáng
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā

How to write 奖金

奖 9 strokes · 金 8 strokes

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奖金 (jiǎngjīn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 奖金 (jiǎngjīn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 奖金

Words with 奖

过奖guòjiǎng · you flatter me奖励jiǎnglì · to reward奖赏jiǎngshǎng · to reward

Words with 金

现金xiànjīn · cash黄金huángjīn · gold押金yājīn · deposit资金zījīn · funds金属jīnshǔ · metal基金jījīn · fund金融jīnróng · finance

More words: School, Work & Culture

护士hùshi · nurse记者jìzhě · reporter加班jiābān · to work overtime价格jiàgé · price经济jīngjì · economy经历jīnglì · experience经验jīngyàn · experience警察jǐngchá · police

FAQs

奖金 (jiǎngjīn) means “bonus” or “prize money”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jiǎngjīn: jiǎng with a 3rd tone, then jīn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 奖金 is written 獎金. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiangjin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 奖金 from the suggestions. Typing jiangjin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
奖金 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.