花
费

Expense in Chinese: 花费 (huā fèi)

huā fèi

expense

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 花費1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1expense
  2. 2cost
  3. 3to spend (time or money)
  4. 4expenditure

Stroke order

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花
费

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ㄏㄨㄚ

huā

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄚ/ a—/ first tone

ㄈㄟˋ

fèi

ㄈ/ fㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

花费

Simplified

花費

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这次装修花费了不少钱。

    zhè cì zhuāng xiū huā fèi le bù shǎo qián。

    This renovation cost quite a lot of money.

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Related words

花

huā

flower

费

fèi

to cost

花园

huā yuán

garden

浪费

làng fèi

to waste

免费

miǎn fèi

free (of charge)

费用

fèi yòng

cost

花生

huā shēng

peanut

棉花

mián hua

cotton

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

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HSK 3.0 Level 6 vocabulary list

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