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HSK
6

tax

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

shui4 shuì

Meaning


Primary

tax

Alternatives

taxes, taxed

Mnemonic


[shu-] Sherlock Holmes is in the [4] bathroom of the [-(e)i] beach house by the bay. He is trying to use the toilet on his vacation, but a 兌 merman stands in front, refusing to let him use it. He has to pay a 稅 tax to use the toilet: one 禾 grain stalk. Sherlock Holmes has no 禾 grain stalk so cannot pay the 稅 tax. It's elementary that he has no way to pay the beach house bathroom 稅 tax. The 兌 merman starts calling the IRS using a seashell phone because Sherlock hasn't paid the 稅 tax.