# 开支 (kāizhī)

In Mandarin Chinese, 开支 (kāizhī) means “expense; to spend money”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: expense; to spend money
- Pinyin: kāizhī (kai1 zhi1)
- Traditional: 開支
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 我们必须减少日常开支。
  Wǒmen bìxū jiǎnshǎo rìcháng kāizhī.
  We must reduce daily expenses.

## Characters

- [开](https://hanziro.com/word/kai-open/) (kāi): to open; to turn on
- [支](https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-support/) (zhī): to support; to sustain

https://hanziro.com/word/kai-zhi-expense/

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