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開支

简开支 · 繁開支

Mandarin · pinyin kāi zhī

expenditures; expenses (Classifier: 筆 bǐ, 項 xiàng)
to spend money
(coll.) to pay wages

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開: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
支: zhī · disperse, pay; support; branch
开: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start

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1–1 · kai1 zhi1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hoi1 zi1

Cantonese word readings for 開支. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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hoi1 zi1

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verb

to pay; to spend; to expend
(colloquial) to pay wages; to receive pay

noun

spending; expenditure; expense; overhead (Classifier: 筆／笔 m)

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