生
活
费

Cost of living in Chinese: 生活费 (shēng huó fèi)

shēng huó fèi

cost of living

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 生活費1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1cost of living
  2. 2living expenses
  3. 3alimony

Stroke order

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生
活
费

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ㄕㄥ

shēng

ㄕ/ shㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄏㄨㄛˊ

huó

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˊ/ second tone

ㄈㄟˋ

fèi

ㄈ/ fㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

生活费

Simplified

生活費

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 每个月的生活费都不够花。

    měi gè yuè de shēng huó fèi dōu bú gòu huā。

    The monthly living expenses are never enough to cover things.

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Related words

生

shēng

to be born

费

fèi

to cost

活

huó

to live

先生

xiān sheng

teacher

学生

xué sheng

student

医生

yī shēng

doctor

生病

shēng bìng

to fall ill

生日

shēng rì

birthday

生气

shēng qì

to get angry

出生

chū shēng

to be born

发生

fā shēng

to happen

活动

huó dòng

to exercise

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