浪費

See also: 浪费

Chinese

		wave; breaker; unrestrained wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated	to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname
trad. (浪費)		浪	費
simp. (浪费)		浪	费

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): làngfèi

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˋ ㄈㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁶ fai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): long-fi / nong-fi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lōng-hùi

(Teochew, Peng'im): lang⁶ hui³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶laon-fi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: làngfèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˋ ㄈㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: làngfèi
  - Wade–Giles: lang⁴-fei⁴
  - Yale: làng-fèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanqfey
  - Palladius: ланфэй (lanfɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ feɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: long⁶ fai³
  - Yale: lohng fai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: long⁶ fai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: long⁶ fei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²² fɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: long-fi
  - Hakka Romanization System: long fi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: long⁴ fi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /loŋ⁵⁵ fi⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: long-fi / nong-fi
  - Hakka Romanization System: long fi / nong fi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: long⁴ fi⁴ / nong⁴ fi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /loŋ⁵⁵ fi⁵⁵/, /noŋ⁵⁵ fi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lōng-hùi
  - Tâi-lô: lōng-huì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loxnghuix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ hui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hui²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lang⁶ hui³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lăng hùi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ hui²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶laon-fi
  - MiniDict: laon^去 fi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³laan-fi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɑ̃²² fi⁴⁴/

Verb

浪費

to waste; to squander
浪費時間／浪费时间 ― làngfèi shíjiān ― to waste time

浪費生命／浪费生命 ― làngfèi shēngmìng ― to waste one's life

減少浪費／减少浪费 ― jiǎnshǎo làngfèi ― to reduce waste

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)
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)

Dialectal synonyms of 浪費 (“to waste; to squander”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		靡
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		浪費, 靡費
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	糟蹋, 糟踐
	Taiwan	浪費, 糟蹋
	Harbin	糟踐
	Singapore	浪費
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	糟蹋, 糟踐
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	糟蹋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	糟蹋, 拋撒
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	糟蹋, 拋撒
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	作蹋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	糟蹋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嘥, 嘥撻
	Hong Kong	嘥
	Taishan	嘥
	Kaiping (Chikan)	嘥
	Dongguan	嘥
	Yangjiang	嘥
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嘥
Gan	Nanchang	糟蹋
Hakka	Meixian	浪撇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	打爽
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	打爽, 浪核
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	打爽
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	打爽
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	打爽
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	打爽
Jin	Taiyuan	糟蹋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	糟蹋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	敗, 作蹋
Southern Min	Xiamen	拍損, 仄挩
	Quanzhou	拍損, 仄挩
	Zhangzhou	拍損
	Tainan	拍損, 仄挩
	Penang (Hokkien)	損
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拍損, 了
	Manila (Hokkien)	仄挩, 了
	Chaozhou	噠浪
	Jieyang	噠浪
	Singapore (Teochew)	拍損
Wu	Suzhou	糟蹋
Wu	Wenzhou	糟, 殘嘈
Xiang	Changsha	糟蹋
Xiang	Shuangfeng	糟蹋

Antonyms

節省／节省 (jiéshěng)
節約／节约 (jiéyuē)

Adjective

浪費

wasteful

Japanese

Kanji in this term
浪	費
ろう Grade: S	ひ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

浪(ろう)費(ひ) • (rōhi)

waste, extravagance

Verb

浪(ろう)費(ひ)する • (rōhi suru) suru (stem 浪(ろう)費(ひ)し (rōhi shi), past 浪(ろう)費(ひ)した (rōhi shita))

to waste, to squander

Conjugation

Conjugation of "浪費する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	浪費し	ろうひし	rōhi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	浪費し	ろうひし	rōhi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	浪費する	ろうひする	rōhi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	浪費する	ろうひする	rōhi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	浪費すれ	ろうひすれ	rōhi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	浪費せよ¹ 浪費しろ²	ろうひせよ¹ ろうひしろ²	rōhi seyo¹ rōhi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	浪費される	ろうひされる	rōhi sareru
Causative	浪費させる浪費さす	ろうひさせるろうひさす	rōhi saseru rōhi sasu
Potential	浪費できる	ろうひできる	rōhi dekiru
Volitional	浪費しよう	ろうひしよう	rōhi shiyō
Negative	浪費しない	ろうひしない	rōhi shinai
Negative continuative	浪費せず	ろうひせず	rōhi sezu
Formal	浪費します	ろうひします	rōhi shimasu
Perfective	浪費した	ろうひした	rōhi shita
Conjunctive	浪費して	ろうひして	rōhi shite
Hypothetical conditional	浪費すれば	ろうひすれば	rōhi sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
浪	費

Noun

浪費 • (nangbi) (hangeul 낭비)

hanja form^? of 낭비 (“waste; extravagance”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
浪	費

Verb

浪費

chữ Hán form of lãng phí (“to waste; to squander”).