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

  (Pinyin): kāixiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ siu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khai-siau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāixiāo → kāixiao (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄒㄧㄠ → 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/
• 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
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰai³³ siau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ siau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ siau⁴⁴/

Verb

開銷

1. to pay expenses
2. (Mainland China Hokkien, euphemistic) to frequent prostitutes

Synonyms

• (to pay expenses): 耗費／耗费 (hàofèi), 花費／花费 (huāfèi), 開支／开支 (kāizhī), (polite) 破費／破费 (pòfèi), 消費／消费 (xiāofèi), (Min Nan) 開舉／开举, (Min Nan) 開用／开用, (Min Nan) 開使用／开使用
• (to frequent prostitutes): 嫖娼 (piáochāng)

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 開銷

1. expense