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开销 (kāi xiāo): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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开销 (kāi xiāo): Expenditure / Expense (Verb, Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

开销 consists of 2 characters.

to switch on; open

to melt, to cancel, to sell

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 开销.

Words with 开

开始kāi shǐHSK 2
离开lí kāiHSK 3
开心kāi xīnHSK 4
开玩笑kāi wán xiàoHSK 4
公开gōng kāi
分开fēn kāi
召开zhào kāi
展开zhǎn kāi

Words with 销

促销cù xiāo
倾销qīng xiāo
吊销diào xiāo
报销bào xiāo
推销tuī xiāo
撤销chè xiāo
注销zhù xiāo
热销rè xiāo

How to Use 开销 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 开销 with other words naturally.

Measure Word + Nounwith笔

yì一

bǐ笔

kāi开

xiāo销

neutral

an expense

Subject + Predicatewith很大

kāi开

xiāo销

hěn很

dà大

Verb + Objectwith减少

jiǎn减

shǎo少

kāi开

xiāo销

Adjective + Nounwith日常

rì日

cháng常

kāi开

xiāo销

Example Sentences with 开销

wǒ我

měi每

tiān天

de的

kāi开

xiāo销

shì是

neutral

expenses are high

neutral

reduce expenses

neutral

daily expenses

shí十

kuài块

qián钱

。

My daily expense is ten yuan.

gōng公

sī司

hǎi海

wài外

fēn分

bù部

de的

rì日

cháng常

kāi开

xiāo销

xū需

yào要

zǒng总

bù部

dìng定

qī期

shěn审

hé核

pī批

zhǔn准

。

The daily expenses of the company's overseas branches require regular review and approval from headquarters.

kǎo考

lǜ虑

dào到

xiàng项

mù目

hòu后

xù续

de的

páng庞

dà大

kāi开

xiāo销

，

wǒ我

men们

bì必

xū须

chóng重

xīn新

píng评

gū估

róng融

zī资

fāng方

àn案

。

Given the substantial expenses in the later stages of the project, we must reassess the financing plan.

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zhè这

ge个

yuè月

de的

kāi开

xiāo销

yǒu有

diǎn点

dà大

，

xū需

yào要

jié节

shěng省

yī一

xiē些

。

This month's expenses are a bit high, so we need to save some money.

nǐ你

gū估

suàn算

guò过

zhè这

cì次

zhuāng装

xiū修

de的

zǒng

jìn尽

guǎn管

shōu收

rù入

zēng增

jiā加

le了

，

dàn但

tā

wèi为

le了

kòng控

zhì制

jiā家

tíng庭

kāi开

xiāo销

，

wèi为

le了

píng平

héng衡

yuè月

dù度

kāi开

xiāo销

，

tā

总

kāi开

xiāo销

huì会

chāo超

guò过

yù预

suàn算

duō多

shǎo少

ma吗

？

Have you estimated how much the total cost of this renovation will exceed the budget?

他

men们

de的

fēi非

bì必

yào要

kāi开

xiāo销

què却

sī丝

háo毫

méi没

yǒu有

jiǎn减

shǎo少

。

Despite the increase in income, their non-essential expenditures have not decreased in the slightest.

wǒ

我

men们

zhì制

dìng定

le了

yí一

gè个

xiáng详

xì细

de的

yù预

suàn算

jì计

huà划

。

To control household expenses, we have made a detailed budget plan.

她

jué决

dìng定

xuē削

jiǎn减

yí一

bù部

fen分

yú娱

lè乐

hé和

cān餐

yǐn饮

zhī支

chū出

。

To balance her monthly expenses, she decided to cut back on some entertainment and dining costs.