开销

開銷

kāixiāo

noun HSK 7-9 #10,841

Meanings

1 expenses; expenditure; spending

Characters

to open; to spend

to sell; to consume; to spend

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

Examples

HSK 2

他的月开销超过了收入。

Tā de yuè kāixiāo chāoguò le shōurù.

His monthly expenses exceed his income.

HSK 3

在大城市生活开销很大。

Zài dàchéngshì shēnghuó kāixiāo hěn dà.

The cost of living in a big city is very high.

Tips

usage

开销 is slightly more colloquial than 开支, 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

开 kāi

销 xiāo