靡費
Chinese
extravagant; go with fashion; not extravagant; go with fashion; not; wasted |
to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (靡費) | 靡 | 費 | |
| simp. (靡费) | 靡 | 费 | |
| alternative forms | 糜費／糜费 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: mífèi
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄈㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mífèi
- Wade–Giles: mi2-fei4
- Yale: mí-fèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mifey
- Palladius: мифэй (mifɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mei4 fai3
- Yale: mèih fai
- Cantonese Pinyin: mei4 fai3
- Guangdong Romanization: méi4 fei3
- Sinological IPA (key): /mei̯²¹ fɐi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
靡費
- (formal) to waste; to squander; to spend extravagantly
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)
- 白費 / 白费 (báifèi)
- 空費 / 空费 (kōngfèi)
- 糟蹋 (zāotà)
- 耽誤 / 耽误 (chiefly time)
- 荒廢 / 荒废 (huāngfèi)
- 虛耗 / 虚耗 (xūhào)
Dialectal synonyms of 浪費 (“to waste; to squander”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 靡 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 浪費, 靡費 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 糟蹋, 糟踐 |
| Taiwan | 浪費, 糟蹋 | |
| Harbin | 糟踐 | |
| Singapore | 浪費 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 糟蹋, 糟踐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 糟蹋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 糟蹋, 拋撒 |
| Wuhan | 糟蹋, 拋撒 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 作蹋 |
| Hefei | 糟蹋 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嘥, 嘥撻 |
| Hong Kong | 嘥 | |
| Taishan | 嘥 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 嘥 | |
| Dongguan | 嘥 | |
| Yangjiang | 嘥 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 嘥 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 糟蹋 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 浪撇 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 打爽 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 打爽, 浪核 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 打爽 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 打爽 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 打爽 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 打爽 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 糟蹋 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 糟蹋 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 敗, 作蹋 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 拍損, 仄挩 |
| Quanzhou | 拍損, 仄挩 | |
| Zhangzhou | 拍損 | |
| Tainan | 拍損, 仄挩 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 損 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 拍損, 了 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 仄挩, 了 | |
| Chaozhou | 噠浪 | |
| Jieyang | 噠浪 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 拍損 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 糟蹋 |
| Wenzhou | 糟, 殘嘈 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 糟蹋 |
| Shuangfeng | 糟蹋 | |