可支付性

kězhīfùxìng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 affordability

Examples

Zhùfáng de kězhīfùxìng shì mínzhòng zuì guānxīn de wèntí zhī yī.
Housing affordability is one of the public's biggest concerns.
Zhèngfǔ zhèngzài pínggū zhè xiàng yīliáo zhèngcè de kězhīfùxìng.
The government is assessing the affordability of this healthcare policy.

Tips

grammar
Three-piece morphological calque of English 'affordability': (-able / can be) + 支付 (to pay) + (-ity / -ness, abstract-noun suffix). The same frame produces (readability), 可行性 (feasibility), 持续性 (sustainability) — extremely productive in modern academic and policy Chinese.
register
Formal / written. In casual conversation people say (mǎideqǐ, 'can afford to buy') or 负担 (fùdāndeqǐ, 'can bear'). Reserve 可支付性 for reports, news articles, and policy documents.

Stroke Order

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xìng