枉費

Chinese

		in the wrong; in vain	to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname
trad. (枉費)		枉	費
simp. (枉费)		枉	费

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎngfèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄈㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong² fai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óng-hùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngfèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄈㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngfèi
    • Wade–Giles: wang³-fei⁴
    • Yale: wǎng-fèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangfey
    • Palladius: ванфэй (vanfɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong² fai³
    • Yale: wóng fai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong² fai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong² fei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ³⁵ fɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óng-hùi
    • Tâi-lô: óng-huì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ofnghuix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hui²¹/

Verb

枉費

1. to waste (effort, money, etc.)

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 加了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
• 干了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
• 抖落 (dǒuluò)
• 折騰／折腾 (zhēteng) (colloquial)
• 拋荒／抛荒 (pāohuāng)
• 揮霍／挥霍 (huīhuò)
• 曠廢／旷废 (kuàngfèi)
• 浪費／浪费 (làngfèi)
• 無彩／无彩 (Hokkien)
• 白了 (Hokkien)
• 白白了 (Hokkien)
• 白費／白费 (báifèi)
• 空費／空费 (kōngfèi)
• 糟蹋 (zāotà)
• 耽誤／耽误 (chiefly time)
• 荒廢／荒废 (huāngfèi)
• 虛耗／虚耗 (xūhào)
• 靡費／靡费 (mífèi) (formal)