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

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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    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

(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

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