HSK 6 · Money

支出 zhīchū “expenditure” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 支出 means

  1. expenditure
  2. to spend
  3. expenses
  4. to pay out

How to say 支出

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale支zhī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale出chū1st tone, high and level

支出 in a sentence

  1. 生活支出急剧上涨。

    Shēnghuó zhīchū jíjù shàngzhǎng.

    Living costs have risen sharply.

    Sentence #4547222 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 老龄化的人口需要更多医疗保健支出。

    Lǎolínghuà de rénkǒu xūyào gèng duō yīliáo bǎojiàn zhīchū.

    An ageing population needs more spending on health care.

    Sentence #5691262 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 支出 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 支 (zhī) with each of its parts in a different colour
支zhīto support
  • 十ten · shí
  • 又again · yòu
The character 出 (chū) with each of its parts in a different colour
出chūto go out; to come out
  • 屮sprout · chè
  • 凵open box · kǎn

Memory aidA foot stepping up out of an opening 凵: to go out.

How to write 支出

支 4 strokes · 出 5 strokes

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支出 (zhīchū) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 支出 (zhīchū). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 支出

Words with 支

支持zhīchí · to support支zhī · measure word for pens支票zhīpiào · cheque支撑zhīchēng · to support支配zhīpèi · to control支援zhīyuán · to support开支kāizhī · expenses支流zhīliú · tributary (river)支柱zhīzhù · pillar

Words with 出

出租车chūzūchē · taxi出chū · to go out出国chūguó · to go abroad出来chūlái · to come out出门chūmén · to go out出去chūqù · to go out出院chūyuàn · to leave hospital出生chūshēng · to be born出现chūxiàn · to appear演出yǎnchū · to act (in a play)

More words: Money & Economy

债券zhàiquàn · bond (finance)招标zhāobiāo · to invite tenders征收zhēngshōu · to levy振兴zhènxīng · to revitalise周转zhōuzhuǎn · turnover专利zhuānlì · patent转让zhuǎnràng · to transfer (ownership)资本zīběn · capital (economics)

FAQs

支出 (zhīchū) means “expenditure” or “to spend”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhīchū: zhī with a 1st tone, then chū with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 支出 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhichu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 支出 from the suggestions. Typing zhichu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
支出 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.