費

See also: 费

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Translingual

Han character

費 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中弓月山金 (LNBUC), four-corner 5580₆, composition ⿱弗貝)

References

KangXi: page 1207, character 4

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36717

Dae Jaweon: page 1670, character 9

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3635, character 7

Unihan data for U+8CBB

Chinese

trad.		費
simp.		费
2nd round simp.		弗
alternative forms		廢／废 “naughty”

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (弗) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
鄪	*prɯds
費	prɯds, pʰɯds, *bɯds
砩	*pads
沸	*pɯds
疿	*pɯds
茀	pɯds, pʰɯd
髴	pʰɯds, pɯd, *pʰɯd
昲	*pʰɯds
靅	*pʰɯds
狒	*buds
怫	bɯds, bɯd
胇	*brɯd
艴	bɯːd, pʰɯd
弗	*pɯd
紼	*pɯd
柫	*pɯd
笰	*pɯd
拂	*pʰɯd
刜	pʰɯd, bɯd
彿	*pʰɯd
佛	*bɯd
坲	*bɯd
咈	*bɯd
炥	*bɯd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *prɯds, *pʰɯds, *bɯds) : phonetic 弗 (OC *pɯd) + semantic 貝 (“cowry”).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): fèi (fei⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ
(Chengdu, SP): fei⁴
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фи (fi, III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): fai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fi
Jin (Wiktionary): fei³
Min Bei (KCR): hi̿
Min Dong (BUC): hié
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hùi / pì
(Teochew, Peng'im): hui³ / bi³
Wu (Wiktionary): fi (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fèi
  - Wade–Giles: fei⁴
  - Yale: fèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fey
  - Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: fei⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fei
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фи (fi, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fi⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fai³
  - Yale: fai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi
  - Hakka Romanization System: fi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fi⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: fei³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /fei⁴⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hi̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xi³³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hié
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiɛ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi
  - Tâi-lô: huì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hui¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /hui²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì
  - Tâi-lô: pì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pi²¹/

Note:

hùi - literary (incl. surname in Taiwan);
pì - vernacular (incl. surname in mainland China).

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hui³ / bi³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hùi / pì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui²¹³/, /pi²¹³/

Note: bi3 - surname.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: fi (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fi³⁴/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 費
Mandarin	Beijing	/fei⁵¹/
	Harbin	/fei⁵³/
	Tianjin	/fei⁵³/
	Jinan	/fei²¹/
	Qingdao	/fe⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/fi³¹²/
	Xi'an	/fi⁴⁴/
	Xining	/fɨ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/fei¹³/
	Lanzhou	/fei¹³/
	Ürümqi	/fei²¹³/
	Wuhan	/fei³⁵/
	Chengdu	/fei¹³/
	Guiyang	/fei²¹³/
	Kunming	/fei²¹²/
	Nanjing	/fəi⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/fe⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/fei⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/xuei³⁵/
	Hohhot	/fei⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/fi³⁵/
	Suzhou	/vi³¹/
	Hangzhou	/fi⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/fei⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/fe³²⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/fe⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/fei⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ɸəi⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/fɨi⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/fi⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/fui⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/fɐi³³/
	Nanning	/fɐi³³/
	Hong Kong	/fɐi³³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/hui²¹/ /pi²¹/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/hiɛ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/xi³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/hui²¹³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/fɔi³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /pʰʉi^H/

Rime
Character	費
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	芳未切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰʉi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷɨi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuəi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuj^H/
Li Rong	/pʰiuəi^H/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwəi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰwe̯i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fei³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰ[u]t-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	費
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fèi
Middle Chinese	‹ phj+j^H ›
Old Chinese	/*pʰ[u]t-s/
English	squander
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	費
Reading #	2/3
No.	3304
Phonetic component	弗
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	費
Old Chinese	/*pʰɯds/

Definitions

費

to cost; to spend; to expend
to consume; to use; to exhaust
to lavish; to squander; to waste; to lose
fee; bill; charge; dues; toll
loquacious; garrulous; verbose; (of words) superfluous
(Jilu Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin, Jianghuai Mandarin, Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Jin, dialectal Wu) naughty; mischievous
(historical) placename in the southwest of modern-day Yutai County, Shandong
a surname
費孝通／费孝通 ― Fèi Xiàotōng ― Fei Xiaotong (Chinese anthropologist and sociologist)

Compounds

Derived terms from 費

不用費事／不用费事
不費／不费
不費力／不费力
中費／中费
五費／五费
付費／付费 (fùfèi)
伙食費／伙食费
作證費／作证费
使費／使费 (shǐfèi)
保費／保费 (bǎofèi)
保險費／保险费 (bǎoxiǎnfèi)
停車費／停车费 (tíngchēfèi)
免費／免费 (miǎnfèi)
免費軟體／免费软体 (miǎnfèi ruǎntǐ)
公用費率／公用费率
公費／公费 (gōngfèi)
公費生／公费生
兵費／兵费
冗費／冗费 (rǒngfèi)
出差費／出差费
利息費用／利息费用
勞人費馬／劳人费马
勞神費力／劳神费力
勞費／劳费
匯費／汇费
受益費／受益费
基本電費／基本电费
報名費／报名费
報費／报费
多謝費心／多谢费心
大費周折／大费周折
大費周章／大费周章 (dàfèizhōuzhāng)
大費神思／大费神思
大費脣舌／大费唇舌
妝嫫費黛／妆嫫费黛 (zhuāngmófèidài)
學分費／学分费
學費／学费 (xuéfèi)
安家費／安家费
官費／官费
官費生／官费生
寄費／寄费
小費／小费 (xiǎofèi)
川費／川费 (chuānfèi)
工本費／工本费
差旅費／差旅费 (chāilǚfèi)
年費／年费 (niánfèi)
廣告費／广告费
徒費無益／徒费无益
徒費脣舌／徒费唇舌
惠而不費／惠而不费
所費／所费 (só͘-hùi)
所費不貲／所费不赀
手續費／手续费 (shǒuxùfèi)
拋費／抛费
掛號費／挂号费
撥接費／拨接费
撫養費／抚养费 (fǔyǎngfèi)
收費／收费 (shōufèi)
收費站／收费站 (shōufèizhàn)
教育經費／教育经费
教育費／教育费
施而不費／施而不费
旅費／旅费 (lǚfèi)
旦夕之費／旦夕之费
曠費／旷费
會費／会费 (huìfèi)

枉費／枉费 (wǎngfèi)
枉費心力／枉费心力
枉費心機／枉费心机
枉費心計／枉费心计
枉費日月／枉费日月
枉費時日／枉费时日
枉費脣舌／枉费唇舌
棧費／栈费
毫不費力／毫不费力 (háobùfèilì)
水費／水费 (shuǐfèi)
浪費／浪费 (làngfèi)
浮費／浮费
消費／消费 (xiāofèi)
消費借貸／消费借贷 (xiāofèi jièdài)
消費品／消费品 (xiāofèipǐn)
消費者／消费者 (xiāofèizhě)
煞費周章／煞费周章
煞費苦心／煞费苦心
煩費／烦费
營業費用／营业费用
特別費／特别费
特許費／特许费
甘馨之費／甘馨之费
生活費／生活费 (shēnghuófèi)
用費／用费 (yòngfèi)
白費／白费 (báifèi)
白費功夫／白费功夫
白費心思／白费心思 (báifèixīnsī)
白費心血／白费心血
盤費／盘费 (pánfèi)
破費／破费 (pòfèi)
租費／租费 (zūfèi)
稿費／稿费 (gǎofèi)
空費／空费 (kōngfèi)
空費時日／空费时日
管理費／管理费 (guǎnlǐfèi)
糜費／糜费
納費／纳费
經常費／经常费
經費／经费 (jīngfèi)
經費支絀／经费支绌
綠色消費／绿色消费 (lǜsè xiāofèi)
繳學費／缴学费
繳費／缴费 (jiǎofèi)
耗費／耗费 (hàofèi)
膳費／膳费
自費／自费 (zìfèi)
自費生／自费生
花費／花费 (huāfèi)
茫然費解／茫然费解
薪儲之費／薪储之费
補償費／补偿费
補助費／补助费
規費／规费 (guīfèi)
訂費／订费
計費／计费
訴訟費／诉讼费 (sùsòngfèi)
誤餐費／误餐费
費事／费事 (fèishì)
費力／费力 (fèilì)
費力勞心／费力劳心
費功夫／费功夫
費勁／费劲 (fèijìn)
費勁兒／费劲儿
費口／费口
費口舌／费口舌 (fèi kǒushé)

費句／费句 (fèijù)
費司／费司
費周章／费周章
費唇舌／费唇舌
費唾沫／费唾沫
費商量／费商量
費嘴／费嘴
費嘴皮子／费嘴皮子
費城／费城 (Fèichéng)
費密／费密
費工／费工
費工夫／费工夫 (fèi gōngfu)
費心／费心 (fèixīn)
費心勞力／费心劳力
費心思／费心思
費心機／费心机
費心費力／费心费力
費思量／费思量
費手／费手
費手腳／费手脚
費日損功／费日损功
費時／费时 (fèishí)
費氣／费气 (“fi-hi”)
費洛蒙／费洛蒙 (fèiluòméng)
費率／费率 (fèilǜ)
費用／费用 (fèiyòng)
費盡心機／费尽心机 (fèijìnxīnjī)
費盡精神／费尽精神
費盡脣舌／费尽唇舌
費眼／费眼
費神／费神 (fèishén)
費脣舌／费唇舌
費腳手／费脚手
費解／费解 (fèijiě)
費話／费话
費財勞民／费财劳民
費費／费费
費錢／费钱
費難／费难
費電／费电
資遣費／资遣费
贍養費／赡养费 (shànyǎngfèi)
路費／路费 (lùfèi)
車費／车费 (chēfèi)
車馬費／车马费 (chēmǎfèi)
軍費／军费 (jūnfèi)
辭費／辞费 (cífèi)
退費／退费
通行費／通行费 (tōngxíngfèi)
運費／运费 (yùnfèi)
運輸費／运输费
過橋費／过桥费 (guòqiáofèi)
過費／过费
遣散費／遣散费 (qiǎnsànfèi)
遮羞費／遮羞费
郵費／邮费 (yóufèi)
醫藥費／医药费 (yīyàofèi)
鋪堂使費／铺堂使费
鋪張浪費／铺张浪费 (pūzhānglàngfèi)
鐘點費／钟点费
開瓶費／开瓶费
開辦費／开办费
雜費／杂费 (záfèi)
電話費／电话费
電費／电费 (diànfèi)
靡費／靡费 (mífèi)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fèi (fei⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fai⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): vi (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fèi
  - Wade–Giles: fei⁴
  - Yale: fèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fey
  - Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fai⁶
  - Yale: faih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯²²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: vi (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /v̥i²³/

Middle Chinese: /bʉi^H/

Rime
Character	費
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	扶沸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷɨi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/biuəi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buj^H/
Li Rong	/biuəi^H/
Wang Li	/bĭwəi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱwe̯i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fei⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*bɯds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	費
Reading #	3/3
No.	3310
Phonetic component	弗
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𥝋
Old Chinese	/*bɯds/
Notes	沸由涕校改

Definitions

費

(historical) placename in modern-day Fei County, Shandong
a surname

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei³
Min Dong (BUC): bé

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bì
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴
  - Yale: bì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
  - Palladius: би (bi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/

Note: Often mispronounced fèi.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei³
  - Yale: bei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bé
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛi²¹³/

Middle Chinese: /pˠiɪ^H/

Rime
Character	費
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	兵媚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/piɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pji^H/
Li Rong	/pji^H/
Wang Li	/pi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*prɯds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	費
Reading #	1/3
No.	3299
Phonetic component	弗
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	祕
Old Chinese	/*prɯds/

Definitions

費

(historical) Alternative form of 鄪／𰻳 (bì, “name of an ancient county in the State of Lu”).
a surname

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fú (fu²)
(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fú
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fú
  - Wade–Giles: fu²
  - Yale: fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu
  - Palladius: фу (fu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵/

Definitions

費

^† Alternative form of 拂 (fú, “to transgress; to violate; to infringe”).

Japanese

Kanji

費

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

cost, expense

Readings

Go-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
On: ふつ (futsu)
Kun: ついやす (tsuiyasu, 費やす, Jōyō); ついえる (tsuieru, 費える, Jōyō)

Derived terms

費(つい)やす (tsuiyasu)

Suffix

費(ひ) • (-hi)

cost, fee

Korean

Hanja

費 (eumhun 쓸 비 (sseul bi))

Hanja form^? of 비 (“spend; cost”).

Compounds

비용 (費用, biyong, “cost”)
소비 (消費, sobi, “consumption”)

Vietnamese

Han character

費: Hán Nôm readings: phí, phía

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Zhuang

Noun

費

Sawndip form of feiz (“fire”)