費

See also: 费

Translingual

Han character

費 (radical 154 貝+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中弓月山金 (LNBUC), four-corner 5580₆)

1. expenses, expenditures, fee
2. a Chinese surname

References

• KangXi: page 1207, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36717
• Dae Jaweon: page 1670, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3635, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8CBB

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Chinese

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trad.		費
simp.		费

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèi (fei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei³, fai³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ):
• Min Nan (POJ): hùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: fèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ
    • Wade-Giles: fei⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fey
    • IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei³, fai³
    • Yale: bei, fai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei³, fai³
    • IPA ^(key): /pei̯³³/, /fɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ:
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi
    • Tâi-lô: huì
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (費, reconstructed)
Character (費), Pronunciation 1/3
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 脂 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 兵媚切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/piɪH/	/piH/	/piH/	/piH/	/piH/	/piH/	/pjɪH/
Character (費), Pronunciation 2/3
Initial: 滂 (2) Final: 微 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 芳未切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/pʰʉiH/	/pʰwe̯iH/	/pʰiuəiH/	/pʰʷɨiH/	/pʰujH/	/pʰĭwəiH/	/pʰiuəiH/
Character (費), Pronunciation 3/3
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 微 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 扶沸切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/bʉiH/	/bʱwe̯iH/	/biuəiH/	/bʷɨiH/	/bujH/	/bĭwəiH/	/biuəiH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (費, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
費					3299					弗					隊					1					祕					/*prɯds/
費					3304					弗					隊					1					費					/*pʰɯds/
費					3310					弗					隊					2					𥝋					/*bɯds/					沸由涕校改

Definitions

費

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Japanese

Kanji

費

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ひ (hi), ふつ (futsu)
• Kun: ついやす (tsuiyasu), ついえる (tsuieru), ついえ (tsuie)

Derived terms

• 費やす (ついやす, tsuiyasu)

Suffix

費 (hiragana ひ, romaji -hi)

1. cost, fee

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Korean

Hanja

費 (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune-Reischauer pi, Yale pi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

費 (phí, phía)

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