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
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² hui²¹/
    • 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

• 耗費／耗费 (hàofèi)
• 開銷／开销 (kāixiāo)
• 開支／开支 (kāizhī)
• (polite) 破費／破费 (pòfèi)
• (literary, or in compounds) 破 (pò)
• 消費／消费 (xiāofèi)
• (Hokkien) 開舉／开举
• (Hokkien) 開用／开用
• (Hokkien) 開使用／开使用

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
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² hui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hua³³ hui⁴¹/

Noun

花費

1. expense; cost; expenditure

Synonyms

• 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)
• 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)