費勁

See also: 费劲

Chinese

		to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname	stalwart; sturdy; strength
trad. (費勁)		費	勁
simp. (费劲)		费	劲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèijìn, fèijìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ, ㄈㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai³ ging³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hùi-kèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèijìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèijìn
    • Wade–Giles: fei⁴-chin⁴
    • Yale: fèi-jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feyjinn
    • Palladius: фэйцзинь (fɛjczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèijìnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèijìnr
    • Wade–Giles: fei⁴-chin⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: fèi-jìnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feyjiell
    • Palladius: фэйцзиньр (fɛjczinʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕinə̯ɻ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèijìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèijìng
    • Wade–Giles: fei⁴-ching⁴
    • Yale: fèi-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feyjinq
    • Palladius: фэйцзин (fɛjczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai³ ging³
    • Yale: fai ging
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai³ ging³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei³ ging³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯³³ kɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi-kèng
    • Tâi-lô: huì-kìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huie'kexng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hui²¹⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiɪŋ⁴¹/

Verb

費勁

1. (colloquial) to need great effort; to be difficult

   我出點力氣就覺得喘氣費勁。 [MSC, trad.]
   我出点力气就觉得喘气费劲。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ chū diǎn lìqi jiù juéde chuǎnqì fèijìn. [Pinyin]

   I feel breathless with the slightest effort.

Synonyms

• 了力 (Min Nan)
• 吃力 (chīlì)
• 吃勁／吃劲 (chījìn)
• 夠力／够力 (Hokkien)
• 硬斗 (Hokkien)
• 硬繚／硬缭 (Hokkien)
• 著力／着力 (zhuólì)
• 費力／费力 (fèilì)
• 食力 (Hokkien)
• 食工 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)