燃費

Japanese

Kanji in this term
燃	費
ねん Grade: 5	ひ > ぴ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

Short for 燃(ねん)料(りょう)消(しょう)費(ひ) (nenryō shōhi, “fuel consumption”), with Old Japanese /p/ restored after the nasal.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ねんぴ [nèńpí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ねんぴ [néꜜǹpì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [nẽ̞mpʲi]

Noun

燃(ねん)費(ぴ) • (nenpi) 

1. fuel consumption; mileage