# 開銷
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): kāixiāo
       (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄒㄧㄠ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): kai$^1$ xiao$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi$^1$ siu$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khai-siau
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$khe-shiau
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): kai$^1$ siau$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kāixiāo → kāixiao (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄒㄧㄠ → ㄎㄞ ˙ㄒㄧㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kaisiåo
*** Wade–Giles: kʻai$^1$-hsiao$^5$
*** Yale: kāi-syau
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kai.shiau
*** Palladius: кайсяо (kajsjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/ → /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: kai$^1$ xiao$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kaixiao
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰai⁵⁵ ɕiau⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hoi$^1$ siu$^1$
*** Yale: hōi sīu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hoi$^1$ siu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hoi$^1$ xiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-siau
*** Tâi-lô: khai-siau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qaisiaw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² siau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰai³³ siau³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² siau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ siau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ siau⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$khe-shiau
*** MiniDict: khe$^平$ shiau
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$khe-xiau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰe⁵⁵ ɕiɔ²¹/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: kai$^1$ siau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰai̯³³ si̯ɒu̯³³/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /kʰai̯³³ ɕi̯ɒu̯³³/

### Verb

開銷
* to pay expenses
* (dialectal) to fire; to sack; to dismiss
* (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien, euphemistic, dated) to frequent prostitutes

#### Synonyms

* (to pay expenses): 耗費／耗费 (hàofèi), 花費／花费 (huāfèi), 開支／开支 (kāizhī), (polite) 破費／破费 (pòfèi), (literary, or in compounds) 破 (pò), 消費／消费 (xiāofèi), (Hokkien) 開舉／开举, (Hokkien) 開用／开用, (Hokkien) 開使用／开使用
* (to fire):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 解僱, 辭退, 解聘, 開除, 革除, 解職 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 解僱, 炒魷魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 開除, 炒魷魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 開銷 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 開銷, 開除 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 炒魷魚, 炒魷, 炒, 豉椒炒魷, 開除, 辭, 食無情雞, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 除職 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 辭退 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 唔使 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 唔請 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 唔請 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 炒魷魚, 唔請 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 唔請 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 唔請, 炒魷魚, 炒 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 唔請, 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 唔請 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 辭工 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 炒魷魚 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 開銷 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 辭退, 解僱, 炒魷魚 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 唔愛去做, 炒魷魚, 打豎鋪 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 炒魷魚 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 炒魷魚 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 炒魷魚 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 解僱 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 解僱 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 解僱 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 解僱 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 解僱 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 解僱 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 辭 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 辭頭路, 辭, 齧拗, 齧捒 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 辭退 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 辭頭路 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 卜頭路 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 擗捒, 刣捒 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 解僱, 炒鰇魚 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 清, 炒鰇魚 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 炒鰇魚 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 除工 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 炒魷魚 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 炒魷魚 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 回報 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 開銷 |
* (to frequent prostitutes):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 冶遊 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 嫖娼, 嫖妓, 狎妓, 宿娼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 逛窯子, 打野雞 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 嫖妓, 打炮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 逛窯子, 打兔兒, 打兔子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 嫖妓, 叫雞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 逛窯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 嫖妓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 鑽狗洞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 逮貓兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 嫖騇 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 嫖媽媽, 打野食 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嫖老舉, 嫖騇, 叫雞, 食雞 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 叫雞, 召妓, 撳鐘仔, call G |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 叫雞 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 開細妹仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 開細妹仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 開細妹 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 屌細妹仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 開細妹仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 開細妹仔 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 打茶會 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 逛窯子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 𢫦炮 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 嫖白面, 食雞 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 開查某, 開銷 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 開查某, 開銷 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 開查某, 開銷 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 開查某 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 開查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 開查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 開查某 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 開查某 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 開查某 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 開查某 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 開查某 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 叫雞 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 放娘 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 搵雞, 嫖老舉 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 嫖騇 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 打野雞, 斬鹹肉 |
| Wu | Danyang | 打野雞 |

### Noun

開銷
* expense; overhead (Classifier: 筆／笔 m)
    房屋開銷／房屋开销 ― fángwū kāixiāo ― housing expenses
    營業開銷／营业开销 ― yíngyè kāixiāo ― business expenses

#### Synonyms

* cpx, 所費 / 所费 (Hokkien)
* 使用 (shǐyòng)
* 成本 (chéngběn) (cost involved in the production of something)
* 支出 (zhīchū)
* 用度 (yòngdù)
* 用費 / 用费 (yòngfèi)
* 耗用 (hàoyòng)
* 耗費 / 耗费 (hàofèi)
* 花費 / 花费 (huāfei)
* 花銷 / 花销 (huāxiao)
* 費用 / 费用 (fèiyòng)
* 資費 / 资费 (zīfèi)
* 開支 / 开支 (kāizhī)