開支

See also: 开支

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	(a measure word); to support; to sustain (a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money
trad. (開支)		開	支
simp. (开支)		开	支

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāizhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ zi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khai-chi / khai-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāizhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaijhih
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-chih¹
    • Yale: kāi-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaijy
    • Palladius: кайчжи (kajčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ zi¹
    • Yale: hōi jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-chi
    • Tâi-lô: khai-tsi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaicy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰai³³ t͡si³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-ki
    • Tâi-lô: khai-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'ky
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰai³³ ki³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/

Verb

開支

1. to pay; to spend; to expend
2. (colloquial) to pay wages; to receive pay

Synonyms

• (to pay): 耗費／耗费 (hàofèi), 花費／花费 (huāfèi), 開銷／开销 (kāixiāo), (polite) 破費／破费 (pòfèi), (literary, or in compounds) 破 (pò), 消費／消费 (xiāofèi), (Hokkien) 開舉／开举, (Hokkien) 開用／开用, (Hokkien) 開使用／开使用

Noun

開支

1. spending; expenditure; expense; overhead (Classifier: 筆／笔 m)

   國防開支／国防开支  ―  guófáng kāizhī  ―  defense expenditure

   公共開支／公共开支  ―  gōnggòng kāizhī  ―  public expenditure; public funding

Synonyms

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• 使用 (shǐyòng)
• 成本 (chéngběn) (cost involved in the production of something)
• 所費 / 所费 (Hokkien)
• 支出 (zhīchū)
• 用度 (yòngdù)
• 用費 / 用费 (yòngfèi)
• 耗用 (hàoyòng)
• 耗費 / 耗费 (hàofèi)
• 花費 / 花费 (huāfei)
• 花銷 / 花销 (huāxiao)
• 費用 / 费用 (fèiyòng)
• 資費 / 资费 (zīfèi)
• 開銷 / 开销 (kāixiāo)

 

Derived terms

• 政府開支 / 政府开支 (zhèngfǔ kāizhī)