開銷

See also: 开销

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	to melt; to do away with; to sell
trad. (開銷)		開	銷
simp. (开销)		开	销

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): kāixiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄒㄧㄠ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): kai¹ xiao¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ siu¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khai-siau
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹khe-shiau
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): kai¹ siau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāixiāo → kāixiao (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄒㄧㄠ → ㄎㄞ ˙ㄒㄧㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaisiåo
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-hsiao⁵
  - Yale: kāi-syau
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kai.shiau
  - Palladius: кайсяо (kajsjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/ → /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: kai¹ xiao¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kaixiao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰai⁵⁵ ɕiau⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ siu¹
  - Yale: hōi sīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ siu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ xiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-siau
  - Tâi-lô: khai-siau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qaisiaw
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² siau⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰai³³ siau³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² siau⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ siau⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ siau⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹khe-shiau
  - MiniDict: khe^平 shiau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khe-xiau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰe⁵⁵ ɕiɔ²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: kai¹ siau¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /kʰai̯³³ si̯ɒu̯³³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /kʰai̯³³ ɕi̯ɒu̯³³/

Verb

開銷

to pay expenses
(dialectal) to fire; to sack; to dismiss
(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien, euphemistic, dated) to frequent prostitutes

Synonyms

(to pay expenses):

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吃 (chī)
枯竭 (kūjié) (figurative)
消費 / 消费 (xiāofèi) (money)
用光 (yòngguāng)
用掉 (yòngdiào)
用盡 / 用尽 (yòngjìn)
破 (pò)
破費 / 破费 (pòfèi) (polite, money)
窮盡 / 穷尽 (qióngjìn)
竭盡 / 竭尽 (jiéjìn)
絕 / 绝 (jué)
耗盡 / 耗尽 (hàojìn)
耗費 / 耗费 (hàofèi)
致 (zhì) (literary, or in compounds)
花費 / 花费
開使用 / 开使用 (Min Nan, expenses)
開支 / 开支 (kāizhī) (money)
開用 / 开用 (Min Nan, expenses)
開舉 / 开举 (Min Nan, expenses)

(to fire):

Dialectal synonyms of 解僱 (“to terminate someone's employment; to fire; to sack”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		解僱, 辭退, 解聘, 開除, 革除, 解職
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	解僱, 炒魷魚
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	開除, 炒魷魚
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	開銷
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	開銷, 開除
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	炒魷魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	炒魷魚, 炒魷
	Hong Kong	炒魷魚, 炒魷, 炒, 豉椒炒魷, 開除, 辭, 請食無情雞, 雞
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	除職
	Macau	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	辭退
	Foshan	炒魷魚
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	炒魷魚
	Foshan (Shunde)	炒魷魚
	Foshan (Sanshui)	炒魷魚
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	唔使
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	炒魷魚
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	炒魷魚
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	唔請
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	唔請
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	炒魷魚, 唔請
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	唔請
	Taishan	唔請, 炒魷魚, 炒
	Kaiping (Chikan)	唔請, 炒魷魚
	Enping (Niujiang)	唔請
	Heshan (Yayao)	辭工
	Dongguan	炒魷魚
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	炒魷魚
	Singapore (Guangfu)	炒魷魚
Gan	Pingxiang	開銷
Hakka	Meixian	辭退, 解僱, 炒魷魚
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	唔愛去做, 炒魷魚, 打豎鋪
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	炒魷魚
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	炒魷魚
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	解僱
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	解僱
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	解僱
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	解僱
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	解僱
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	解僱
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	辭
Southern Min	Xiamen	辭頭路, 辭, 齧拗, 齧捒
	Zhao'an	辭退
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	辭頭路
	Kaohsiung (Cieding)	辭頭路
	Changhua (Yongjing)	辭頭路
	Tainan	辭頭路
	Tainan (Anping)	辭頭路
	Chiayi	辭頭路
	Chiayi County (Dongshi)	辭頭路
	Singapore (Hokkien)	卜頭路
	Manila (Hokkien)	擗捒, 刣捒
	Shantou	解僱, 炒鰇魚
	Jieyang	清, 炒鰇魚
	Haifeng	炒鰇魚
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	除工
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	炒魷魚
Wu	Shanghai	炒魷魚
Wu	Hangzhou	回報
Xiang	Changsha	開銷

(to frequent prostitutes):

Dialectal synonyms of 嫖娼 (“to visit prostitutes”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		冶遊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嫖娼, 嫖妓, 狎妓, 宿娼
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	逛窯子, 打野雞, 打炮
	Taiwan	嫖妓, 打炮
	Harbin	逛窯子, 打兔兒, 打兔子
	Singapore	嫖妓, 叫雞
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	逛窯子
	Xining	嫖妓
	Xuzhou	鑽狗洞
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	逮貓兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	嫖騇
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	嫖媽媽, 打野食
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嫖老舉, 嫖騇, 叫雞, 食雞
	Hong Kong	叫雞, 召妓, 撳鐘仔, call G
	Singapore (Guangfu)	叫雞
Hakka	Changting	睡鴨子, 搞鴨子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	開細妹仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	開細妹仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	開細妹
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	屌細妹仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	開細妹仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	開細妹仔
Huizhou	Jixi	打茶會
Jin	Xinzhou	逛窯子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𢫦炮
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	嫖白面, 食雞
Southern Min	Xiamen	開查某, 開銷
	Quanzhou	開查某, 開銷
	Zhangzhou	開查某, 開銷
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	開查某
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	開查某
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	開查某
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	開查某
	Yilan (Toucheng)	開查某
	Tainan	開查某
	Tainan (Anping)	開查某
	Penghu (Xiyu)	開查某
	Singapore (Hokkien)	叫雞
	Leizhou	放娘
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	搵雞, 嫖老舉
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	嫖騇
Wu	Shanghai	打野雞, 斬鹹肉
Wu	Danyang	打野雞

Noun

開銷

expense; overhead (Classifier: 筆／笔 m)
房屋開銷／房屋开销 ― fángwū kāixiāo ― housing expenses

營業開銷／营业开销 ― yíngyè kāixiāo ― business expenses

Synonyms

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使用 (shǐyòng)
成本 (chéngběn) (cost involved in the production of something)
所費 / 所费 (Hokkien)
支出 (zhīchū)
用度 (yòngdù)
用費 / 用费 (yòngfèi)
用項 / 用项 (yòngxiàng)
耗用 (hàoyòng)
耗費 / 耗费 (hàofèi)
花費 / 花费 (huāfei)
花銷 / 花销 (huāxiao)
費用 / 费用 (fèiyòng)
資費 / 资费 (zīfèi)
開支 / 开支 (kāizhī)