开 kāi
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 廾 — two hands
- Made of
- 一 one 廾 two hands
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
开销
kāixiāo
expenses; expenditure
Characters in this word
销 xiāo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 肖 to resemble, to look like
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 搬到市中心后，通勤时间少了不少，但日常开销明显增加。 Bān dào shì zhōngxīn hòu, tōngqín shíjiān shǎo le bù shǎo, dàn rìcháng kāixiāo míngxiǎn zēngjiā. After moving to the city centre, commuting time was reduced considerably, but daily expenses clearly increased.
- 学生每个月的开销主要是饭钱和交通费。 Xuésheng měi ge yuè de kāixiāo zhǔyào shì fànqián hé jiāotōngfèi. A student's monthly expenses are mainly for food and transport.
- 孩子上学以后，家里的开销一下子大了不少。 Háizi shàngxué yǐhòu, jiā lǐ de kāixiāo yíxiàzi dà le bù shǎo. Once the child started school, the household expenses suddenly rose a lot.
Related words
- 打开 dǎkāi to open, to turn on
- 开 kāi to open; to drive; to turn on
- 开车 kāichē to drive a car
- 开会 kāihuì to have a meeting
- 开玩笑 kāiwánxiào to joke
- 分开 fēnkāi to separate; to part
- 开机 kāijī to turn on a device
- 开心 kāixīn happy
- 开学 kāixué to start school
- 离开 líkāi to leave
- 走开 zǒukāi to go away
- 公开 gōngkāi public; open