白費
Chinese
white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous |
to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (白費) | 白 | 費 | |
| simp. (白费) | 白 | 费 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): baak6 fai3
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: báifèi
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: báifèi
- Wade–Giles: pai2-fei4
- Yale: bái-fèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfey
- Palladius: байфэй (bajfɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /paɪ̯³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: baak6 fai3
- Yale: baahk fai
- Cantonese Pinyin: baak9 fai3
- Guangdong Romanization: bag6 fei3
- Sinological IPA (key): /paːk̚² fɐi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-hùi
- Tâi-lô: pe̍h-huì
- Phofsit Daibuun: peqhuix
- IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hui²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hui⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hui²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hui¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hui²¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bêh8 hui3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pe̍h hùi
- Sinological IPA (key): /peʔ⁴⁻² hui²¹³/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
白費
- to waste (time, energy, effort, etc.)
Synonyms
- 加了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
- 干了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
- 抖落 (dǒuluò)
- 折騰 / 折腾 (zhēteng) (colloquial)
- 拋荒 / 抛荒 (pāohuāng)
- 揮霍 / 挥霍 (huīhuò)
- 曠廢 / 旷废 (kuàngfèi)
- 枉費 / 枉费 (wǎngfèi)
- 浪費 / 浪费 (làngfèi)
- 無彩 / 无彩 (Hokkien)
- 白了 (Hokkien)
- 白白了 (Hokkien)
- 空費 / 空费 (kōngfèi)
- 糟蹋 (zāotà)
- 耽誤 / 耽误 (chiefly time)
- 荒廢 / 荒废 (huāngfèi)
- 虛耗 / 虚耗 (xūhào)
- 靡費 / 靡费 (mífèi) (formal)