白費

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname
trad. (白費)		白	費
simp. (白费)		白	费

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báifèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ fai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-hùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báifèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báifèi
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-fei⁴
    • Yale: bái-fèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfey
    • Palladius: байфэй (bajfɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ fai³
    • Yale: baahk fai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ fai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ fei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² fɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-hùi
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-huì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqhuix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hui²¹/

Verb

白費

1. to waste (time, energy, effort, 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)
• 枉費／枉费 (wǎngfèi)
• 浪費／浪费 (làngfèi)
• 無彩／无彩 (Hokkien)
• 白了 (Hokkien)
• 白白了 (Hokkien)
• 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)