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收支

shōuzhī

income and expenditure; receipts and payments

A balance scale holding a coin and a shopping bag, level
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Characters in this word

收 shōu

Strokes
6
Radical
攵 — to rap, to tap
Made of
丩 to connect, to join 攵 to rap, to tap
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

支 zhī

Strokes
4
Radical
支 — to support, to sustain
Made of
十 ten, tenth 又 and, also, again, in addition
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 家庭收支若长期失衡,债务压力就会不断累积。 Jiātíng shōuzhī ruò chángqī shīhéng, zhàiwù yālì jiù huì búduàn lěijī. If household income and expenditure remain imbalanced for a long time, debt pressure will keep accumulating.
  • 每个月初,财务部都会公布上个月的收支情况。 Měi gè yuèchū, cáiwù bù dōu huì gōngbù shàng gè yuè de shōuzhī qíngkuàng. At the beginning of each month, the finance department publishes the previous month's income and expenses.
  • 他坚持记账,家里收支一目了然。 Tā jiānchí jìzhàng, jiā lǐ shōuzhī yīmù liǎorán. He keeps accounts regularly, so the family's income and spending are clear at a glance.

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