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花费 (huā fèi): to spend, to cost

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 5verb

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning: to spend, to cost
Characters: 2
Part of speech: verb
HSK level: HSK 5

Full definitions

expense
cost
to spend (time or money)
expenditure

Chinese explanation

指为了达到某种目的而用掉金钱、时间或精力等
也指用掉的钱或时间本身，即开销、耗费。

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Character breakdown

HSK 2

flower

HSK 4

to cost

Example sentences

I spent a lot of time studying Chinese.

This piece of clothing cost me a month's salary.

It took us three hours to finish this task.

He spent all his savings to buy a house.

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