枉費

Chinese

		in the wrong; in vain	to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname
trad. (枉費)		枉	費
simp. (枉费)		枉	费

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎngfèi

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄈㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong² fai³
Min Nan (POJ): óng-hùi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngfèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄈㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngfèi
  - Wade–Giles: wang³-fei⁴
  - Yale: wǎng-fèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangfey
  - Palladius: ванфэй (vanfɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ feɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong² fai³
  - Yale: wóng fai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong² fai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong² fei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ³⁵ fɐi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óng-hùi
  - Tâi-lô: óng-huì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ofnghuix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hui²¹/

Verb

枉費

to waste (effort, money, etc.)

Synonyms

Synonyms of 枉費

加了 (Min Nan, chiefly money)
抖落 (dǒuluò)
白了 (Min Nan)
糟蹋 (zāotà)
干了 (Min Nan, chiefly money)
折騰／折腾 (zhēteng) (colloquial)
拋荒／抛荒 (pāohuāng)
揮霍／挥霍 (huīhuò)
曠廢／旷废 (kuàngfèi)

浪費／浪费 (làngfèi)
無彩／无彩 (Min Nan)
白費／白费 (báifèi)
空費／空费 (kōngfèi)
耽誤／耽误 (dānwu) (chiefly time)
荒廢／荒废 (huāngfèi)
虛耗／虚耗 (xūhào)
靡費／靡费 (mífèi) (formal)

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