揮霍

See also: 挥霍

Chinese

		scatter; wield; wipe away	quickly
trad. (揮霍)		揮	霍
simp. (挥霍)		挥	霍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huīhuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ ㄏㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai¹ fok³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hui-hok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hui¹ kag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huīhuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hueihuò
    • Wade–Giles: hui¹-huo⁴
    • Yale: hwēi-hwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueihuoh
    • Palladius: хуэйхо (xuejxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai¹ fok³
    • Yale: fāi fok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai¹ fok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei¹ fog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯⁵⁵ fɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui-hok
    • Tâi-lô: hui-hok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hui'hog
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³ hɔk̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hui¹ kag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui khak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³³⁻²³ kʰak̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: xjw+j xwak

Rime
Character	揮	霍
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	鐸 (104)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	許歸切	虚郭切
Baxter	xjw+j	xwak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʉi/	/hwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɨi/	/hʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuəi/	/xuɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huj/	/hwak̚/
Li Rong	/xiuəi/	/xuɑk̚/
Wang Li	/xĭwəi/	/xuɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwe̯i/	/xwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huī	huo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai1	fok3

Verb

揮霍

1. to spend freely; to squander

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)
• 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)
• 白費／白费 (báifèi)
• 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

• 揮霍無度／挥霍无度 (huīhuòwúdù)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (揮霍):

• → Vietnamese: huy hoắc (揮霍)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
揮	霍

Verb

揮霍

1. chữ Hán form of huy hoắc (“to squander; to spend wastefully”).