# 开销 (kāixiāo)

In Mandarin Chinese, 开销 (kāixiāo) means “expenses; to pay expenses”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: expenses; to pay expenses
- Pinyin: kāixiāo (kai1 xiao1)
- Traditional: 開銷
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 大城市的生活开销很大。
  Dà chéngshì de shēnghuó kāixiāo hěn dà.
  Living expenses in big cities are very high.

## Characters

- [开](https://hanziro.com/word/kai-open/) (kāi): to open; to turn on
- [销](https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-sell/) (xiāo): to sell; to cancel

https://hanziro.com/word/kai-xiao-expenses/

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