費 (fai3 bei3 | fei4 bi4) : fee; expenses; cost; spend; wasteful

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費

fai3 bei3

fei4 bi4

[粵] fai3 | [國] fei4
[1] [n] fee; expenses; charges; dues
[2] [v] cost; spend; expend; consume
[3] [adj] wasteful; expending too much

[粵] bei3 | [國] bi4
[1] [n] a Chinese surname
[2] [n] name of a county in Shandong province

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This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

費 / 费

This word has been viewed 15504 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd Nov 2013 05:20

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費心 fai3 sam1 fei4 xin1 = to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth); may I trouble you (to do sth) [粵] 麻煩你國

小費 siu2 fai3 xiao3 fei4 = tip; gratuity

消費 siu1 fai3 xiao1 fei4 = consume

贍養費 sin6 joeng5 fai3 shan4 yang3 fei4 = alimony

附加費 fu6 gaa1 fai3 fu4 jia1 fei4 = surcharge

手續費 sau2 zuk6 fai3 shou3 xu4 fei4 = service fee; administration fee

免費 min5 fai3 mian3 fei4 = free

電費 din6 fai3 = electricity bill

水費 seoi2 fai3 = water bill

費事 fai3 si6 = be loathe to; lest; troublesome

浪費 long6 fai3 lang4 fei4 = to waste

服務費 fuk6 mou6 fai3 = service charge

自費 zi6 fai3 zi4 fei4 = at one's own expense

學費 hok6 fai3 xue2 fei4 = tuition fee

經費 ging1 fai3 jing1 fei4 = expenditure; funds

耗費 hou3 fai3 hao4 fei4 = consume; expend; squander; waste 國

費解 fai3 gaai2 = difficult to explain or understand

諮詢費 zi1 seon3 fai3 zi1 xun2 fei4 = consulting fee; consultation fee

收費 sau1 fai3 shou1 fei4 = fee, charge

費力 fai3 lik6 = to strain; to put in great effort

費用 fai3 jung6 fei4 yong4 = cost; expenses

公費 gung1 fai3 = at public expense; with funds from the public purse

消費者 siu1 fai3 ze2 xiao1 fei4 zhe3 = consumer

軍費 gwan1 fai3 jun1 fei4 = military expenditure

遣散費 hin2 saan3 fai3 = compensation for removal; release pay; severance pay

律師費 leot6 si1 fai3 = a retaining fee

安家費 ngon1 gaa1 fai3 = household allowance

枉費 wong2 fai3 = try in vain; waste

郵費 jau4 fai3 = postage

保護費 bou2 wu6 fai3 bao3 hu4 fei4 = protection money

收保護費 sau1 bou2 wu6 fai3 = protection racket

湯藥費 tong1 joek6 fai3 tang1 yao4 fei4 = damages (legal term for money awarded for medical expenses)

使費 sai2 fai3 = expend; a sum of money you spend

花費 faa1 fai3 hua1 fei5 = money spent; expenditure; expenses

膳費 sin6 fai3 = a bill for regular meals (meal plan for dorm residents), board expenses

車費 ce1 fai3 che1 fei4 = fare (for taxis, buses, etc) for passage

宿費 suk1 fai3 = dormitory rent, lodging fees for students

飯費 faan6 fai3 = a bill for regular meals (e.g., on a meal plan)

交學費 gaau1 hok6 fai3 jiao1 xue2 fei4 = to pay school fees/tuition

水電費 seoi2 din6 fai3 shui3 dian4 fei4 = utilities (e.g. gas, electricity, water, etc.)

家庭消費者 gaa1 ting4 siu1 fai3 ze2 jia1 ting2 xiao1 fei4 zhe3 = household consumer

收費站 sau1 fai3 zaam6 shou1 fei4 zhan4 = tollbooth; toll gate; toll plaza

低費用 dai1 fai3 jung6 di1 fei4 yong4 = low cost

保險費 bou2 him2 fai3 bao3 xian3 fei4 = insurance premium

經營費用 ging1 jing4 fai3 jung6 jing1 ying2 fei4 yong4 = business cost; business expense

軍費開支 gwan1 fai3 hoi1 zi1 jun1 fei4 kai1 zhi1 = military spending

搬運費 bun1 wan6 fai3 ban1 yun4 fei4 = transportation charges

國際長途電話收費 gwok3 zai3 coeng4 tou4 din6 waa6*2 sau1 fai3 = international call rates

保費 bou2 fai3 = insurance; insurance premium

月費 jyut6 fai3 = monthly fee

車馬費 geoi1 maa5 fai3 = transportation allowance

綠色消費 luk6 sik1 siu1 fai3 = green consumption (i.e., conservation)

白費 baak6 fai3 bai2 fei4 = to be in vain; to go down the drain; to go to waste

陀地費 to4 dei6*2 fai3 = [n] protection money (paid to triads)

佗地費 to4 dei6*2 fai3 = [n] protection money

印刷費 jan3 caat3 fai3 = [n] printing expenses

堂費 tong4 fai3 = legal costs

自費生 zi6 fai3 saang1 = [n] a self-supporting pupil

旅費 leoi5 fai3 lv3 fei4 = travelling expenses

公費醫療 gung1 fai3 ji1 liu4 gong1 fei4 yi1 liao2 = medical services at state expense; public health services (common formation)

明明白白消費 ming4 ming4 baak6 baak6 siu1 fai3 ming2 ming2 bai2 bai2 xiao1 fei4 = transparent consumption (lit., "clear expenses") (common formation)

通話費 tung1 waa6 fai3 = telephone call rate

線人費 sin3 jan4 fai3 = information money

保安費 bou2 on1 fai3 = protection money (extorted by gangs on shopkeepers)

交水費 gaau1 seoi2 fai3 = to urinate (lit., "pay the water bill")

管理費 gun2 lei5 fai3 guan3 li3 fei4 = management fee

維修費 wai4 sau1 fai3 wei2 xiu1 fei4 = repairs expenditure

費用全免 fai3 jung6 cyun4 min5 fei4 yong4 quan2 mian3 = free of charge

繳費 giu2 fai3 jiao3 fei4 = to pay (bills); bill payment

煤氣費 mui4 hei3 fai3 = gas bill

收費廣場 sau1 fai3 gwong2 coeng4 shou1 fei4 guang3 chang3 = a toll plaza (common formation)

破費 po3 fai3 po4 fei4 = to spend a lot of money; to go to some expense

白費心機 baak6 fai3 sam1 gei1 = racks one's brain for nothing; painstaking care gone to waste 粵

白費力氣 baak6 fai3 lik6 hei3 = go to naught; labor in vain

團費 tyun4 fai3 tuan2 fei4 = corporate expense

費神 fai3 san4 fei4 shen2 = to cause mental fatigue; demand care or attention

電召費 din6 ziu6 fai3 = radio call surcharge

靡費 mei4 fai3 mi2 fei4 = to waste; to spend extravagantly

皮費 pei4 fai3 pi2 fei4 = expenditure; costs 粵

收費電視 sau1 fai3 din6 si6 shou1 fei4 dian4 shi4 = pay television, pay-per-view TV

上庭費 soeng5 ting4 fai3 shang4 ting2 fei4 = court fee

不費吹灰之力 bat1 fai3 ceoi1 fui1 zi1 lik6 bu4 fei4 chui1 hui1 zhi1 li4 = use minimal strength to achieve sth.; use very little power

生活費 sang1 wut6 fai3 sheng1 huo2 fei4 = living expenses; cost of living

費話 fai3 waa6*2 fei4 hua4 = excessive talking; useless words or statement

開瓶費 hoi1 ping4 fai3 kai1 ping2 fei4 = corkage fee [粵] 開樽費

訟費 zung6 fai3 song4 fei4 = legal fee

費時失事 fai3 si4 sat1 si6 fei4 shi2 shi1 shi4 = big waste of time; much ado about nothing

免費軟件 min5 fai3 jyun5 gin6*2 mian3 fei4 ruan3 jian4 = freeware

費縣 fai3 jyun6 fei4 xian4 = Fei county (county in Shandong)

幼稚園學費資助計劃 jau3 zi6 jyun4*2 hok6 fai3 zi1 zo6 gai3 waak6 = Kindergarten Fee Remission Scheme

電子道路收費系統 din6 zi2 dou6 lou6 sau1 fai3 hai6 tung2 = Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system

費城 fai3 sing4 fei4 cheng2 = Philadelphia

消費者委員會 siu1 fai3 ze2 wai2 jyun4 wui6*2 xiao1 fei4 zhe3 wei3 yuan2 hui4 = Consumer Council

消費信貸 siu1 fai3 seon3 taai3 xiao1 fei4 xin4 dai4 = consumer credit services (common formation)

集團消費 zaap6 tyun4 siu1 fai3 ji2 tuan2 xiao1 fei4 = institutional spending (common formation)

情感消費 cing4 gam2 siu1 fai3 qing2 gan3 xiao1 fei4 = emotional consumption (common formation)

掩口費 jim2 hau2 fai3 yan3 kou3 fei4 = hush money

入會費 jap6 wui6*2 fai3 ru4 hui4 fei4 = membership fee

踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費功夫 daap6 po3 tit3 haai4 mou4 mik6 cyu3, dak1 loi4 cyun4 bat1 fai3 gung1 fu1 ta4 po4 tie3 xie2 wu2 mi4 chu4, de2 lai2 quan2 bu4 fei4 gong1 fu5 = find sth by chance after looking for it everywhere

消費者訴訟基金 siu1 fai3 ze2 sou3 zung6 gei1 gam1 = Consumer Legal Action Fund

綜合消費物價指數 zung3 hap6 siu1 fai3 mat6 gaa3 zi2 sou3 = Composite Consumer Price Index

Showing all 6 examples containing 費

今年學費貴過舊年粵
This year's tuition fees are more than last year's.
[Lit. This year study fee expensive-surpass last year.]

耗費多年國
To squander away the years.

我想租一間包括水電費的房子。國
I want to rent a house that has utilities included.

快啲畀電話人啦，費時佢牽腸掛肚噃粵
Give her a call. Don't make her worry.

佢成日喺度寫埋晒啲無聊嘢﹐我都費事睇。粵
He writes so much nonsense that I don't even bother reading it.

經濟衰退嘅成因係消費、投資及資產價格之間唔平衡。粵
Inequilibrium in expenditure, investment and the prices of assets and properties would cause an economic downturn.

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