費

fèi

expenses, expenditures, fee

How to write 費, stroke by stroke

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

Pictophonetic: semantic 貝 (money), phonetic 弗

Made of 弗 + 貝

浪費làng fèito waste; to squander
免費miǎn fèifree (of charge)
費用fèi yòngcost; expenditure; expense
花費huā fèiexpense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure
小費xiǎo fèitip; gratuity
學費xué fèituition fee; tuition
收費shōu fèito charge a fee
消費xiāo fèito consume (goods and services, resources etc)
經費jīng fèifunds; expenditure
費心fèi xīnto take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth); may I trouble you (to do sth)
付費fù fèito pay; to cover the costs
白費bái fèito waste (one's energy etc)

一刻也不浪費。
yí kè yě bú làng fèi 。
There's not a moment to waste.
我免費得到溜冰鞋。
wǒ miǎn fèi dé dào liū bīng xié 。
I got the roller skates for nothing.
他一個月花費多少？
tā yí gè yuè huā fèi duō shǎo ？
How much does he spend per month?
那些錢足夠支付費用。
nà xiē qián zú gòu zhī fù fèi yòng 。
That's enough money to cover the expenses.
我們建議提高收費。
wǒ mén jiàn yì tí gāo shōu fèi 。
We suggest raising the fees.