Chinese Traditional: 開支
Chinese Simplified: 开支
Pinyin: kai1 zhi1
Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄓ
English Meaning: expenses, expenditures
Classifier: (xiang4) or (bi3)

Example Sentences:

英國政府宣佈縮減逾六十億英鎊的開支。
英国政府宣布缩减逾六十亿英镑的开支。
ying1 guo2 zheng4 fu3 xuan1 bu4 suo1 jian3 yu4 liu4 shi2 yi4 ying1 bang4 de5 kai1 zhi1.
The British government announced spending cuts of over 6 billion pounds.
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Related Words:

 

kāi

1. to open 2. to drive, to steer 3. to bloom, to blossom 4. to prescribe 5. to issue 6. to come loose 7. to make (a joke) 8. open (adj) 9. to boil (water) 10. to hold (a meeting), to organize (an event) 11. to start, to switch on 12. apart, away

Here: to spend

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zhī

1. (a measure word for rods, pens, guns, microphones, songs, groups) 2. to draw money 3. a branch 4. to support, to sustain

Here: to draw money

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