费

fèi

expenses, expenditures, fee

How to write 费, stroke by stroke

surname Fei; to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses

Pictophonetic: semantic 贝 (money), phonetic 弗

Made of 弗 + 贝

浪费làng fèito waste; to squander
免费miǎn fèifree (of charge)
费用fèi yòngcost; expenditure; expense
花费huā fèiexpense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure
小费xiǎo fèitip; gratuity
学费xué fèituition fee; tuition
收费shōu fèito charge a fee
消费xiāo fèito consume (goods and services, resources etc)
经费jīng fèifunds; expenditure
费心fèi xīnto take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth); may I trouble you (to do sth)
付费fù fèito pay; to cover the costs
白费bái fèito waste (one's energy etc)

你们给了小费吗？
nǐ men gěi le xiǎo fèi ma ？
Did you leave a tip?
这是浪费时间。
zhè shì làng fèi shí jiān 。
It's a waste of time.
停车场是免费的。
tíng chē chǎng shì miǎn fèi de 。
The parking lot is free of charge.
将费用记在我的账上。
jiāng fèi yòng jì zài wǒ de zhàng shàng 。
Charge this bill to me.
往返各地的收费如下。
wǎng fǎn gè dì de shōu fèi rú xià 。
Round-trip fares to each destination are as follows.