开支開支

kāi zhī

HSK level: HSK 7–9

Meaning

expenditures; expenses (笔 bǐ,项 xiàng); to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages

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Characters

开kāito open; to start, to initiate, to begin一廾支zhīto support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank)十又

Examples

我这个月要减少开支。

Wǒ zhè ge yuè yào jiǎn shǎo kāi zhī.

I have to reduce my expenses this month.