“薪”的意思是柴,“薪水”就是柴与水,这是“薪水”的初义;作动词用时可表示打柴汲水,如《南史·隐逸传·陶潜》的“今遣此力助汝薪水之劳(派一个仆人来帮你打柴汲水)”。但如今却只用于指称工资,《现汉》就只列“工资”一个义项。一些合成词中,除了“薪尽火传”“薪桂米珠”等少数几个词语外,“薪”也基本只是“薪水”这一个意思,如“薪酬”“加薪”等。“薪水”为何会用来指称工资?这就要从古代官员的俸禄 “Salary ” means Chai, “Salary ” is firewood and water, which is “Salary ” of the beginning; as a verb can be used to express Chai Shui, such as “ ”This“ today sent this effort to help pay your wages (send a servant to help you firewood Shui Shui) ”. But now it is only used to refer to wages, “present-day” only listed “salary ” a meaning. Some synthetic words, in addition to a few words such as “pay as much as possible fire”, “pay Gui meters beads”, “salaries” are basically only the meaning of “salaries”, such as “salaries ”“ Raise ”and so on. Why is “salary” used to denote wages? This is from the salary of ancient officials