开销

開銷
kāixiāo
noun HSK 7 #10,841

Meanings

  1. 1 expenses; expenditure; spending

Characters

Both characters can mean 'to spend' — together they form a noun meaning expenses or outlays.

Examples

Zài dà chéngshì shēnghuó kāixiāo hěn dà.
The cost of living in a big city is very high.
Tā de yuè kāixiāo chāoguò le shōurù.
His monthly expenses exceed his income.

Tips

usage
开销 is slightly more colloquial than 开支 (kāizhī), which is used in formal/accounting contexts. In everyday speech, both work, but 开销 feels more natural when complaining about how expensive things are.

Stroke Order

kāi
xiāo