花費

See also: 花费

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname
trad. (花費)		花	費
simp. (花费)		花	费

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāfèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄈㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ fai³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoa-hùi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huê¹ hui³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāfèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄈㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huafèi
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-fei⁴
    • Yale: hwā-fèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huafey
    • Palladius: хуафэй (xuafɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ fai³
    • Yale: fā fai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ fai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ fei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ fɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-hùi
    • Tâi-lô: hua-huì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'huix
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² hui²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hua³³ hui⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huê¹ hui³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hue hùi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue³³⁻²³ hui²¹³/

Verb

花費

1. to spend; to expend

Synonyms

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• 吃 (chī)
• 枯竭 (kūjié) (figurative)
• 消費 / 消费 (xiāofèi) (money)
• 用光 (yòngguāng)
• 用掉 (yòngdiào)
• 用盡 / 用尽 (yòngjìn)
• 破 (pò)
• 破費 / 破费 (pòfèi) (polite, money)
• 窮盡 / 穷尽 (qióngjìn)
• 竭盡 / 竭尽 (jiéjìn)
• 絕 / 绝 (jué)
• 耗盡 / 耗尽 (hàojìn)
• 耗費 / 耗费 (hàofèi)
• 致 (zhì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 開使用 / 开使用 (Min Nan, expenses)
• 開支 / 开支 (kāizhī) (money)
• 開用 / 开用 (Min Nan, expenses)
• 開舉 / 开举 (Min Nan, expenses)
• 開銷 / 开销 (kāixiāo) (expenses)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāfei

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ˙ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ fai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoa-hùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāfei
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ˙ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huafe̊i
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-fei⁵
    • Yale: hwā-fei
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hua.fei
    • Palladius: хуафэй (xuafɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ feɪ̯²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ fai³
    • Yale: fā fai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ fai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ fei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ fɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-hùi
    • Tâi-lô: hua-huì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'huix
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² hui²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hua³³ hui⁴¹/

Noun

花費

1. expense; cost; expenditure

Synonyms

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• 使用 (shǐyòng)
• 成本 (chéngběn) (cost involved in the production of something)
• 所費 / 所费 (Hokkien)
• 支出 (zhīchū)
• 用度 (yòngdù)
• 用費 / 用费 (yòngfèi)
• 用項 / 用项 (yòngxiàng)
• 耗用 (hàoyòng)
• 耗費 / 耗费 (hàofèi)
• 花銷 / 花销 (huāxiao)
• 費用 / 费用 (fèiyòng)
• 資費 / 资费 (zīfèi)
• 開支 / 开支 (kāizhī)
• 開銷 / 开销 (kāixiāo)