耗
费

To waste in Chinese: 耗费 (hào fèi)

hào fèi

to waste

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 耗費1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to waste
  2. 2to spend
  3. 3to consume
  4. 4to squander

Stroke order

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耗
费

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ㄏㄠˋ

hào

ㄏ/ hㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄈㄟˋ

fèi

ㄈ/ fㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

耗费

Simplified

耗費

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这件事耗费了我很多时间和精力。

    zhè jiàn shì hào fèi le wǒ hěn duō shí jiān hé jīng lì。

    This matter cost me a lot of time and energy.

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Related words

费

fèi

to cost

耗

hào

to waste

浪费

làng fèi

to waste

免费

miǎn fèi

free (of charge)

费用

fèi yòng

cost

消费

xiāo fèi

to consume

交费

jiāo fèi

to pay a fee

收费

shōu fèi

to charge a fee

学费

xué fèi

tuition fee

经费

jīng fèi

funds

花费

huā fèi

expense

消耗

xiāo hào

to use up

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