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收入 in Context

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Usage 1 - "income": 

Sentence:

我们的收入足够让我们过好日子。

English:

Our income is enough for us to lead a good life. 

Top-Down Words:

足够 zúgòu - enough


Sentence:

你一年的收入有多少?

English:

How much do you make a year?


*Sentence:

我在一家外国的公司工作,收入不太多。

English:

I work at a foreign company. I don't earn much money.

Top-Down Words:

家 jiā - measure word for shop, bank etc.
工作 gōngzuò - to work; one’s work; a work task



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Comments   3

Matt Shubert

This is more of a cultural question and not a grammar one, but I'm just curious about this sentence:

你一年的收入有多少?

In your experience, is this an "acceptable" question to ask in China? I think it would come off as quite rude in a lot of English-speaking countries to ask this outright, even to friends.

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Mandarin Blueprint

There is no social stigma whatsoever about sharing income with anyone in China. Very strange for us Westerners, but then again they also find it strange that we like to keep it private. It's certainly an interesting cultural detail!

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MB Team

This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45KKuYfqHz0&t=3721s

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