开支

開支

kāizhī

noun HSK 7 #9,127

Meanings

1 expenses; expenditure; spending
2 to pay (costs)

Characters

to open; to spend

to pay; to support; branch

Opening the wallet to pay — expenses.

Examples

这个月的开支太大了。

Zhège yuè de kāizhī tài dà le.

This month's expenses are too high.

公司需要减少不必要的开支。

Gōngsī xūyào jiǎnshǎo bú bìyào de kāizhī.

The company needs to cut unnecessary expenses.

Tips

usage

开支 is slightly more formal than 花费 and often used for budgets and institutional spending. For casual daily spending, 花销 or 花费 are more common.

Stroke Order

开 kāi

支 zhī