开
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Expenditures in Chinese: 开支 (kāi zhī)

kāi zhī

expenditures

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 開支1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1expenditures
  2. 2expenses
  3. 3to spend money
  4. 4(coll.) to pay wages

Stroke order

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支

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ㄎㄞ

kāi

ㄎ/ kㄞ/ ai—/ first tone

ㄓ

zhī

ㄓ/ zh—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

开支

Simplified

開支

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 政府应该减少不必要的开支。

    zhèng fǔ yīng gāi jiǎn shǎo bú bì yào de kāi zhī。

    The government should cut unnecessary expenditures.

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Related words

开

kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive)

支

zhī

to support

开始

kāi shǐ

to begin

离开

lí kāi

to depart

支持

zhī chí

to be in favor of

公开

gōng kāi

open

开发

kāi fā

to exploit (a resource)

开放

kāi fàng

to bloom

开心

kāi xīn

to feel happy

展开

zhǎn kāi

to unfold

召开

zhào kāi

to convene (a conference or meeting)

支票

zhī piào

check (bank)

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