工钱咋样 给得多不多
“How's the pay? Is it good?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
工钱 咋样 给得多不多
“How's the pay? Is it good?”
说是高
“It's high.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Asking directly about wages or compensation is relatively common and socially acceptable among Chinese blue-collar peers or close acquaintances looking out for each other's livelihood.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wages; pay; compensation
A colloquial term for earnings, typically used when referring to blue-collar or manual labor jobs rather than corporate salaries.
how is it; what do you think
Colloquial and regional variant of 怎么样, very common in relaxed everyday speech.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Listen, - you must pay them on time. - Yes.”
“And their salary isn't much higher than ours, right?”
“His salary can't cover the fees for any 'masters.' It must've all come from Xuemei.”
“But I can't get paid for doing nothing.”
“It will be deducted from your wages. Not a single cent less.”
“of course the base salary is not high. So there's commission?”
“I didn't make that much in a year.”
“The troupe still pays 30% of my salary. I won't starve.”
“M-My salary won't cover that, will it?”
“It's okay if they pay less. What matters more is that”
“life isn't just about making money.”
“You didn't spend all your salary, did you?”