破費

Chinese

		to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname
trad. (破費)		破	費
simp. (破费)		破	费

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pòfèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄈㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): po³ fai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phò͘-hùi / phò-hùi / phòa-hùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pòfèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄈㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pòfèi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴-fei⁴
    • Yale: pwò-fèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohfey
    • Palladius: пофэй (pofɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ feɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 破土 破費／破费

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: po³ fai³
    • Yale: po fai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: po³ fai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: po³ fei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː³³ fɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phò͘-hùi
    • Tâi-lô: phòo-huì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phorhuix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phò-hùi
    • Tâi-lô: phò-huì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoirhuix
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ hui¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰo²¹⁻⁵³ hui²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ hui²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòa-hùi
    • Tâi-lô: phuà-huì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoarhuix
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰua¹¹⁻⁵³ hui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰua²¹⁻⁴¹ hui²¹/

Verb

破費

1. (polite) to spend money; to go to some expense

   真不好意思，讓你破費了。 [MSC, trad.]
   真不好意思，让你破费了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhēn bùhǎoyìsi, ràng nǐ pòfèi le. [Pinyin]

   I'm so sorry for putting you to the expense.

Synonyms

• 耗費／耗费 (hàofèi)
• 花費／花费 (huāfèi)
• 開銷／开销 (kāixiāo)
• 開支／开支 (kāizhī)
• (literary, or in compounds) 破 (pò)
• 消費／消费 (xiāofèi)
• (Hokkien) 開舉／开举
• (Hokkien) 開用／开用
• (Hokkien) 開使用／开使用