費工夫
Chinese
editto cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname |
time and effort taken to perform a task; work | ||
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trad. (費工夫) | 費 | 工夫 | |
simp. (费工夫) | 费 | 工夫 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
edit費工夫
- to take time and energy; to be time-consuming; to be exacting; to be demanding
Derived terms
edit- 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 fèigōngfu)