費工夫

費工夫

Chinese

		to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname	time and effort taken to perform a task; work
trad. (費工夫)		費	工夫
simp. (费工夫)		费	工夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèi gōngfu

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai³ gung¹ fu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fèi gōngfu
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄈㄨ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fey gong.fu
    • IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fu²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai³ gung¹ fu¹
    • Yale: fai gūng fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai³ gung¹ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei³ gung¹ fu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/

Verb

費工夫

1. to take time and energy; to be time-consuming; to be exacting; to be demanding