đã chi

/ɗaː˧˨ʔ ci˧˧/

already paid, already spent (of money)

Tôi đã chi 200 nghìn đồng cho bữa ăn hôm qua.

I already spent 200 thousand Vietnamese dong on yesterday's meal.

Etymology

The phrase combines "đã", a Vietnamese grammatical marker for completed past actions, with "chi", a verb originating from Old Vietnamese meaning "to expend money".

Memory Aid

Remember that "đã" marks a finished action, and "chi" sounds like the English word "spend"'s first syllable to link it to paying out money.

Collocations

đã chi hếtđã chi tiềnđã chi nhiềuđã chi cho dự ánđã chi đúng dự toán

Synonyms

đã trảđã tiêu

Antonyms

chưa chichưa trả

Related Words

chi tiêuchi trảtài chínhhoá đơn