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 ㄊㄠㄧㄠㄅㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ tou⁴ jiu¹ baau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zì tāo yāobāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄊㄠㄧㄠㄅㄠ
  - 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

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)
斥資 / 斥资 (chìzī) (formal)
畀錢 / 畀钱 (bei² cin^4-2) (Cantonese)
繳 / 缴
還錢 / 还钱 (huánqián) (Malaysia, Singapore)

Antonyms

收入 (shōurù)