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费
費
fèi
1. to cost
2. to spend
3. fee
4. wasteful
5. expenses
Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

费
fèi
expenses, fees; to cost, to spend; wasteful
HSK 4 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

付费
fùfèi
to pay
保费
bǎofèi
insurance premium
免费
miǎnfèi
free (of charge)
HSK 4
公费
gōngfèi
at public expense
冗费
rǒngfèi
unnecessary expenses
汇费
huìfèi
remittance fee
学费
xuéfèi
tuition fee
官费
guānfèi
government funded
小费
xiǎofèi
tip
房费
fángfèi
room charge
抛费
pāofèi
to waste
收费
shōufèi
fee
旅费
lǚfèi
travel expenses
旷费
kuàngfèi
to waste
会费
huìfèi
membership dues
枉费
wǎngfèi
to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc)
欠费
qiànfèi
to be in arrears
水费
shuǐfèi
water bill
浪费
làngfèi
to waste
HSK 4
消费
xiāofèi
to consume
HSK 5

Alternate Entries

费
Fèi
surname Fei

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
485
Word Frequency Rank
610 of 84,292

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