Chinese word dictionary

花费

huāfèi · expense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure

Practice word

Word information

Simplified花费

Traditional花費

Pinyinhuāfèi

Part of speech动

HSK 3.05

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

花huā

flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)

费fèi

expenses, fees; to cost, to spend; wasteful

How to learn 花费

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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花huā

flower; blossom; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful; old variant of 花[hua1]; surname Hua; variant of 花[hua1]; flower; blossom; also pr. [wei3]

花huā

花Huā

surname Hua

花园huāyuán

garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants; CL:座[zuo4]

开花kāihuā

to bloom; to blossom; to flower; (fig.) to burst; to split open; (fig.) to burst with joy; (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish

费fèi

surname Fei; to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses