Chinese word

预算

Pronunciation

Pinyinyù suàn

Meaning

  • nounbudget

Example

下个月的预算要提前提交。xià gè yuè de yù suàn yào tí qián tí jiāo

Next month's budget needs to be submitted ahead of time.

Illustration for 预算 (budget)

More examples

项目的预算已经批准并进入执行阶段。xiàng mù dì yù suàn yǐ jīng pī zhǔn bìng jìn rù zhí xíng jiē duàn

The project's budget has already been approved and entered the implementation stage.

Core concept

A forward-looking financial map that turns expected income and spending into numbers.

Common phrases

  • 编制预算biān zhì yù suàn

    prepare a budget

  • 年度预算nián dù yù suàn

    annual budget

  • 预算案yù suàn àn

    budget proposal

  • 按预算执行àn yù suàn zhí xíng

    carry out according to the budget

Similar words

经费jīng fèi: Funds allocated to support a particular activity, project, or organization.
费用fèi yòng: The cost or payment required to do something.
开支kāi zhī: An outgoing expense shown as a spending item or as a total amount.
成本chéng běn: The direct cost of producing a product or providing a service.

Definition in Chinese

对未来一定时期内的收入与支出进行估计并列出的金额或计划。duì wèi lái yí dìng shí qī nèi de shōu rù yǔ zhī chū jìn xíng gū jì bìng liè chū de jīn é huò jì huà

Word origin

预算 (yùsuàn, "budget") combines 预 (yù, "before") with 算 (suàn, "calculate"), presenting future finances as something calculated ahead of time.

Usage tips

  • In everyday finance talk, a month or a year can come before this word, making it easy to describe plans for different periods without learning a new word.

Other meanings

  • make a budgetverb
  • estimatenoun
  • rough estimatenoun

Opposites

  • 决算jué suànfinal accountsnoun

Related words

  • 预算案yù suàn ànbudget proposalnoun
  • 预算编制yù suàn biān zhìbudget preparationnoun

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