費事 (fai3 si6 | ) : be loathe to; lest; troublesome

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費事

fai3 si6

[1] [粵] [v] be loathe to do sth, not feel like doing sth; be in no mood for doing sth | [國] 懶得
[2] [粵] [conj] lest (consequence), so as to avoid the hassle of sth; so as not to do sth | [國] 免得
[3] [華] [adj] troublesome; inconvenient | [syn] 麻煩

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Level: 3 Google Frequency: 306,000

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

費事 / 费事

This word has been viewed 6589 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 21st Jul 2004 14:22 and last edited on 15th Apr 2015 13:57

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費 fai3 bei3 - fee; expenses; cost; spend; wasteful
事 si6 - matter; affair; job; work; accident

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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.

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

廢事 fai3 si6 fei4 shi4 = a waste of time or effort 粵

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