纳税 nàshuì to pay taxes
How to remember 纳税: 纳 to adopt + 税 taxes = to pay taxes.
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How it is used
- Verb-object 'to pay taxes' - 依法纳税 (yīfǎ nàshuì) pay taxes according to the law.
- Splittable: 纳了税 (nà le shuì) paid the tax. Contrast 交税 (jiāo shuì), the more colloquial everyday equivalent; 纳税 is the official/legal register.
- Pairs with 依法 (yīfǎ, per the law) and appears in civic-duty contexts.