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开销 (kāi xiāo) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 7

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

Meaning of 开销

名 míng noun

expenses

这个月的开销很大。

zhè ge yuè de kāi xiāo hěn dà

This month's expenses are very large.

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Word breakdown

开 kāi — to disburse, to open up (money flow)

销 xiāo — to consume, to use up

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 销 xiāo — to melt metal into liquid

销 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

2.1 钅 jīn — metal/gold radical
钅 is a component in 43 characters
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Stroke order