賃ちん金ぎん

also: ちんきん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Standard term for wages or salary paid to workers, especially in economic or labor contexts.

Related words· 9

給きゅう料りょうN4sense 1
給料 usually means a fixed monthly salary, while 賃金 is the broader term used especially for hourly or daily pay in labor economics.
賃ちん貸たい料りょう sense 2
賃貸料 is the modern standard word for rental fee, replacing the archaic ちんきん reading of 賃金 that once meant rent.
給きゅう与よN2sense 1
給与 is the formal term employers use for total compensation (including allowances), while 賃金 focuses specifically on pay for labor.
報ほう酬しゅうN1sense 1
報酬 covers any reward or fee for services rendered, whereas 賃金 specifically refers to wages paid to employed workers.

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労ろう賃ちん sense 1
労賃 is a more colloquial, industrial term for wages, while 賃金 is the standard economic and legal term.
ペイ
賃金 is a formal term for wages used in labor and legal contexts, whereas ペイ is a breezy, informal loanword for the same idea.
サラリー
賃金 is a formal economic term for wages, often for hourly or manual labor, whereas サラリー suggests a fixed monthly pay for office work.
俸ほう給きゅう
賃金 typically refers to wages paid for hourly or manual labor, while 俸給 implies a fixed monthly salary, especially for officials.

Don't confuse with

家や賃ちんN4sense 1
家賃 specifically means rent paid for housing, while 賃金 (in its main sense) means wages paid for labor, even though both share the kanji 賃.
代だい金きんN3
代金 is the money paid for goods or a purchase, while 賃金 means wages paid to a worker for labor; the two share the kanji 金 but differ completely in meaning.
運うん賃ちんN2
賃金 means wages paid to a worker, whereas 運賃 is the fare or shipping charge paid for transportation; the two share the kanji 賃 but refer to very different kinds of payment.

Written forms

賃金Usage100%
- ちんぎん
  Standard kanji form for 'wages'; the reading ちんぎん is the most common.
- ちんきん
  Rare reading used only for the 'rental payment' sense; learners should default to ちんぎん.
賃ちん銀ぎんUsage