Chinese symbol for “expend”
付出
fù chū
to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for expend is 付出 (fù chū), defined as: to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “expend”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 销 (銷) | xiāo | to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul |
| 消耗 | xiāo hào | to consume; to use up; to deplete; to expend |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 付出.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 支付 | zhī fù | to pay (money) |
| 对付 (對付) | duì fu | to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do |
| 应付 (應付) | yìng fu | to deal with; to cope |
| 付费 (付費) | fù fèi | to pay; to cover the costs |
| 交付 | jiāo fù | to hand over; to deliver |
| 出现 (出現) | chū xiàn | to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up |
| 出来 (出來) | chū lái | to come out; to appear |
| 提出 | tí chū | to raise (an issue); to propose |
See also: Japanese symbol for “expend”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.