开销 meaning in English

kāixiāo

to pay (expenses); expenses

HSK 7-9verbnounTraditional 開銷16 strokes

Meaning of 开销

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kāixiāo
  1. to pay (expenses)
  2. expenses
  3. (old) to dismiss (an employee)

开销 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ的de车chē子zi的de开kāi销xiāo比bǐ你nǐ的de要yào多duō。
My car cost more than yours did.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

开 kāi · to open · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

销 xiāo · to melt · 12 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12

Related words

Words that share a character with 开销.

打开dǎkāito open; to show (a ticket)
开玩笑kāi wánxiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
开车kāichēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok
开会kāihuìto hold or attend a meeting
离开líkāito depart; to leave
开心kāixīnto feel happy; to rejoice
走开zǒukāito leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
分开fēnkāito separate; to part
开学kāixué(of a student) to start school; (of a semester) to begin
开机kāijīto start an engine; to boot up (a computer)
开始kāishǐto begin; to start; beginning; start
公开gōngkāiopen; overt; public; to make public; to release

Questions about 开销

What does 开销 mean?

开销 (kāixiāo) means "to pay (expenses); expenses" and is used as a verb and noun.

How do you write 开销?

开销 is made of 2 characters: 开 (4 strokes), 销 (12 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 开销 an HSK word?

Yes. 开销 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 开销 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 开销 is written 開銷.