白費

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Chinese[edit]

		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[edit]

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[edit]

白費

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

Synonyms[edit]

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[edit]

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