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开支 (kāi zhī) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 7

开支 (kāi zhī) is a Chinese word: expenditure. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 开支

名 míng noun

expenditure

我们需要控制日常开支。

wǒ men xū yào kòng zhì rì cháng kāi zhī

We need to control our daily expenses.

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Word breakdown

开 kāi — to open, to start (implies outgoing or disbursement)

支 zhī — to pay out, to disburse (indicates payment or expenditure)

Structure & writing
1 开 kāi — to open (something closed, opposite of 关/合)
开 is a component in 5 characters

开 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

Stroke order

2 支 zhī — to prop up; to support
支 is a component in 6 characters

consists of

2.1 十 shí — ten (the number 9+1)
十 is a component in 29 characters
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2.2 又 yòu — again; indicating repetition or successive occurrence of an action
又 is a component in 38 characters
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Stroke order