揮霍無度

Chinese

		to spend freely; to squander	to be immoderate; to be excessive; to have no end to be immoderate; to be excessive; to have no end; to go to the extreme; to be without any limit
trad. (揮霍無度)		揮霍	無度
simp. (挥霍无度)		挥霍	无度

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huīhuòwúdù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄨˊ ㄉㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai¹ fok³ mou⁴ dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huīhuòwúdù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄨˊ ㄉㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hueihuòwúdù
    • Wade–Giles: hui¹-huo⁴-wu²-tu⁴
    • Yale: hwēi-hwò-wú-dù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueihuohwuduh
    • Palladius: хуэйхо’уду (xuejxo’udu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ u³⁵ tu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai¹ fok³ mou⁴ dou⁶
    • Yale: fāi fok mòuh douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai¹ fok⁸ mou⁴ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei¹ fog³ mou⁴ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯⁵⁵ fɔːk̚³ mou̯²¹ tou̯²²/

Idiom

揮霍無度

1. to spend money (and squander) freely and extravagantly

Synonyms

• 揮金如土／挥金如土 (huījīnrútǔ)