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收支 (shōu zhī) — income and expenditure; financial balance

Definition

收支 pairs both sides together — 'income and expenditure' as a single balance, used in financial reports (收支平衡). 出入 covers the same idea but also means 'in-and-out' or 'discrepancy'; 开支 is only the spending side.

noun
income and expenditurefinancial balance

Examples

  • 收支。
    Zhèng fǔ yào nǔ lì bǎo chí shōu zhī píng héng.
    The government must strive to keep the budget balanced.
  • 收支。
    Zhè ge yuè de shōu zhī chū xiàn le yì xiē wèn tí.
    This month's income and expenditure have had some problems.
  • 收支。
    Jiā tíng shōu zhī guǎn lǐ fēi cháng zhòng yào.
    Household financial management is very important.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

收shōuincome
支zhīexpenditure

收 income and 支 expenditure together mean financial balance.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
攴攴pū
Sound part声符shēngfú
丩
丩jiū收shōu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

收 uses 攴 to show an action and 丩 as a sound clue; the old meaning was 'to arrest.'

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

支 pairs 又 (hand) with 十, a shortened form of 竹 (bamboo), to picture a bamboo branch.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Finance & Banking

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