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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèi gōngfu
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèi gongfů
    • Wade–Giles: fei⁴ kung¹-fu⁵
    • Yale: fèi gūng-fu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fey gong.fu
    • Palladius: фэй гунфу (fɛj gunfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fu²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai³ gung¹ fu¹
    • Yale: fai gūng fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai³ gung¹ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei³ gung¹ fu¹
    • Sinological 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

Derived terms

• 踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫／踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫 (tàpò tiěxié wú mìchù, délái quán bù fèi gōngfu)