自掏腰包

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	fish out (from pocket)	small bag; pouch; wallet small bag; pouch; wallet; how much money one has; one's budget or income
trad. (自掏腰包)		自	掏	腰包
simp. #(自掏腰包)		自	掏	腰包

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zì tāo yāobāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄊㄠ ㄧㄠ ㄅㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ tou⁴ jiu¹ baau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zì tāo yāobāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄊㄠ ㄧㄠ ㄅㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìh tao yaobao
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴ tʻao¹ yao¹-pao¹
    • Yale: dz̀ tāu yāu-bāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyh tau iaubau
    • Palladius: цзы тао яобао (czy tao jaobao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ tou⁴ jiu¹ baau¹
    • Yale: jih tòuh yīu bāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ tou⁴ jiu¹ baau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ tou⁴ yiu¹ bao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² tʰou̯²¹ jiːu̯⁵⁵ paːu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

自掏腰包

1. to pay out of one's own pocket

Synonyms

• 予鐳／予镭 (Hokkien)
• 交付 (jiāofù)
• 付 (fù)
• 付出 (fùchū)
• 付款 (fùkuǎn)
• 付鈔票／付钞票 (Wu)
• 付錢／付钱 (fùqián)
• 出錢／出钱 (chūqián)
• 把拉 (Hokkien)
• 挺分 (⁵thin-fen) (Shanghainese, slang)
• 挺張／挺张 (⁵thin-tsan) (Wu)
• 掏腰包 (tāo yāobāo) (to pay out of one's own pocket)
• 支付 (zhīfù)
• 支出 (zhīchū)
• 畀錢／畀钱 (bei² cin^4-2) (Cantonese)
• 繳／缴
• 還錢／还钱 (huánqián) (Malaysia, Singapore)

 

Antonyms

• 收入 (shōurù)