工资 gōngzī▶ upah

Stroke order

工资 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

• 工 — 3 strokes
• 资 — 10 strokes

Example sentences

• 他的工资不高。Tā de gōngzī bù gāo.His wages are not high.
• 这个月的工资还没发。Zhège yuè de gōngzī hái méi fā.This month's wages have not been paid yet.

Related words

• 员工karyawan
• 工业Industri
• 工人Pekerja
• 工具alat
• 工厂pabrik
• 手工manual; buku petunjuk

工资 is pronounced gōngzī and means “upah”. HSK 4 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 工资 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.