花销 (huā xiāo) — expenses, expenditure, spending | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A noun meaning expenses or spending — the total money going out, especially household or personal costs. Concrete countable spending, not a single purchase.

noun

expensesexpenditurespending

Examples

花销。
Zhè ge yuè de huā xiāo bǐ shàng ge yuè duō.
This month's expenses are more than last month's.
花销。
Wǒ men xū yào jì huà hǎo jiā tíng huā xiāo.
We need to plan household expenses well.
花销。
Tí gāo shōu rù de tóng shí yě yào kòng zhì huā xiāo.
While increasing income, we also need to control expenses.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

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

销xiāodisburse

花 and 销 both involve spending or disbursing, so together they mean expenses.

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.

艹化花

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎograss; plant

Sound part声符shēngfú

化

Same sound today

花 pairs 艹 (grass; plant) with 化, which gives the sound.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 銷; 销 is its simplified writing.

金肖銷

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

肖

肖xiào銷xiāo

Same sound today

The traditional form 銷 pairs 金 (metal) with 肖 as a sound part; simplified 销 is a later shorthand, and its parts are not historical components.

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Money & Currency

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