費 (fai3) — wasteful; expending too much in Cantonese
fai˗₃費
简 费
Mandarin Pinyin: fei4
Meaning of 費
nounwasteful; expending too much
nounfee; expenses; charges; dues
nouncost; spend; expend; consume
noun(verb) Use
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Example Sentences with 費
耗費多年
To squander away the years.
我想租一間包括水電費的房子。
I want to rent a house that has utilities included.
快啲畀電話人啦，費時佢牽腸掛肚噃
Give her a call. Don't make her worry.
經濟衰退嘅成因係消費、投資及資產價格之間唔平衡。
Inequilibrium in expenditure, investment and the prices of assets and properties would cause an economic downturn.
佢成日喺度寫埋晒啲無聊嘢﹐我都費事睇。
He writes so much nonsense that I don't even bother reading it.
Words Containing 費
費力fai3 lik6
to strain; to put in great effort
學費hok6 fai3
tuition fee
堂費tong4 fai3
legal costs
收費sau1 fai3
fee, charge
自費生zi6 fai3 saang1
a self-supporting pupil
贍養費sin6 joeng5 fai3
alimony
收費站sau1 fai3 zaam6
tollbooth; toll booth; tollgate; toll gate; toll plaza
白費力氣baak6 fai3 lik6 hei3
go to naught; labor in vain
開瓶費hoi1 ping4 fai3
corkage fee [粵] 開樽費
經營費用ging1 jing4 fai3 jung6
business cost; business expense
水費seoi2 fai3
water bill
收保護費sau1 bou2 wu6 fai3
protection racket
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