生活費

See also: 生活费

Chinese

		life; livelihood	to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname
trad. (生活費)		生活	費
simp. (生活费)		生活	费

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnghuófèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ wut⁶ fai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnghuófèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shenghuófèi
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-huo²-fei⁴
    • Yale: shēng-hwó-fèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenghwofey
    • Palladius: шэнхофэй (šɛnxofɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sang¹ wut⁶ fai³
    • Yale: sāng wuht fai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ wut⁹ fai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ wud⁶ fei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ wuːt̚² fɐi̯³³/

Noun

生活費

1. cost of living; living expenses

Synonyms

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• 消費 / 消费 (xiāofèi)
• 生活成本 (shēnghuó chéngběn)
• 生活費用 / 生活费用 (shēnghuó fèiyòng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	活	費
せい Grade: 1	かつ Grade: 2	ひ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

By surface analysis, 生活(せいかつ) (seikatsu) + 費(ひ) (-hi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se̞ːka̠t͡sɨ̥çi]
• (Tokyo) せーかつひ [sèékátsúꜜhì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) せーかつひ [sèékáꜜtsùhì] (Nakadaka – [3])

Noun

生(せい)活(かつ)費(ひ) • (seikatsuhi) 

1. cost of living, living expenses