超支 (chāo zhī) — to overspend, to exceed one's budget | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A verb-object compound meaning to go over budget or spend more than planned. Used for both personal spending (个人) and company/organizational budgets.

verb

to overspendto exceed one's budget

Examples

超支。
Zhè ge yuè wǒ yòu chāo zhī le.
I overspent again this month.
，。
Gōng sī zhè ge jì dù chāo le zhī, xū yào kòng zhì chéng běn.
The company overspent this quarter and needs to control costs.
，。
Tā chāo guò yí cì zhī, yǐ hòu jiù tè bié xiǎo xīn le.
He overspent once, and after that he became very careful.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

支zhīspending

超 means to exceed and 支 means spending, so to exceed the planned spending.

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.

走召超

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

召

召zhào超chāo

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

超 pairs 走, meaning “run,” with 召, which gives the sound.

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

又十支

又又yòuhand
十竹zhú(half of {{zh-l|*竹}}) branch of bamboo

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

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