开支 kāizhī expenditure

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Traditional: 開支
Measure word: 笔, 项

Stroke order

开支 is written in 8 strokes across 2 characters.

开支 — the Chinese character for expenditure (kāizhī), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 开支 — expenditure

开 — 4 strokes
支 — 4 strokes

Senses

to spend money
(coll.) to pay wages

Characters in 开支

开 kāi — to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
支 zhī — to support; to sustain; to erect

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

开支 is pronounced kāizhī and means “expenditure”.

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