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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)

费县
Fèixiàn
Feixian county in Linyi [[臨沂|临沂<Línyí>]], Shandong
官费
guānfèi
government funded
费力
fèilì
to expend a great deal of effort
费米
Fèimǐ
Fermi (name)
邮费
yóufèi
postage
浪费
làngfèi
to waste
HSK 4
自费
zìfèi
(be) at one's own expense
费事
fèishì
troublesome
费时
fèishí
to take time
费神
fèishén
to spend effort
资费
zīfèi
(postal, telecom etc) service charge
运费
yùnfèi
freight fee
消费
xiāofèi
to consume
HSK 5
靡费
mífèi
to waste
经费
jīngfèi
funds
HSK 6
耗费
hàofèi
to waste
HSK 6
诊费
zhěnfèi
medical fees
话费
huàfèi
call charge
费劲
fèijìn
to require effort
费心
fèixīn
to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth)

Alternate Entries

费
Fèi
surname Fei

Metadata

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