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): ㄎㄞㄒㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ siu¹
Min Nan (POJ): khai-siau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kāixiāo → kāixiao (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄒㄧㄠ → ㄎㄞ ˙ㄒㄧㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kai.shiau
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/ → /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ siu¹
  - Yale: hōi sīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ siu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ xiu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːy̯⁵⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-siau
  - Tâi-lô: khai-siau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qaisiaw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaɪ³³ ɕiaʊ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiaʊ⁴⁴/

Verb

開銷

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

Synonyms

(to pay expenses): (Min Nan) 開用／开用, 開使用／开使用, 開舉／开举
(to frequent prostitutes): 嫖娼 (piáochāng)

Noun

開銷

expense

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