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白費

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Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname
trad. (白費)		白	費
simp. (白费)		白	费

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báifèi

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ fai³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-hùi

(Teochew, Peng'im): bêh⁸ hui³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báifèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báifèi
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-fei⁴
  - Yale: bái-fèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairfey
  - Palladius: байфэй (bajfɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ fai³
  - Yale: baahk fai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ fai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ fei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² fɐi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-hùi
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-huì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peqhuix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hui²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bêh⁸ hui³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pe̍h hùi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peʔ⁴⁻² hui²¹³/

Verb

白費

to waste (time, energy, effort, etc.)

Synonyms

加了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
干了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
抖落 (dǒuluò)
折騰 / 折腾 (zhēteng) (colloquial)
拋荒 / 抛荒 (pāohuāng)
揮霍 / 挥霍 (huīhuò)
曠廢 / 旷废 (kuàngfèi)
枉費 / 枉费 (wǎngfèi)
浪費 / 浪费 (làngfèi)
無彩 / 无彩 (Hokkien)
白了 (Hokkien)
白白了 (Hokkien)
空費 / 空费 (kōngfèi)
糟蹋 (zāotà)
耽誤 / 耽误 (chiefly time)
荒廢 / 荒废 (huāngfèi)
虛耗 / 虚耗 (xūhào)
靡費 / 靡费 (mífèi) (formal)

Derived terms

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