Word: 开销 (kāixiāo) Traditional: 開銷 开销 dictionary entry kāixiāo to pay (expenses); expenses; to dismiss (an employee) Full dictionary entry for 开销 Example sentences using 开销 3 sentences, showing page 1 of 1. 你家的开销是不是逐年增加？ Nǐ jiā de kāixiāo shìbúshì zhúnián zēngjiā? Do your family's expenses go up year after year? 我家每月的开销不小。 Wǒjiā měiyuè de kāixiāo bù xiǎo. My family's monthly expenses are not small. 房租是我最大的一笔开销。 Fángzū shì wǒ zuì dà de yì bǐ kāixiāo. Rent is my biggest expense.