揮霍

See also: 挥霍

Chinese

		scatter; wield; wipe away	quickly
trad. (揮霍)		揮	霍
simp. (挥霍)		挥	霍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huīhuò

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟㄏㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fai¹ fok³
Min Nan (POJ): hui-hok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huīhuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟㄏㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hueihuò
  - Wade–Giles: hui¹-huo⁴
  - Yale: hwēi-hwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueihuoh
  - Palladius: хуэйхо (xuejxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xweɪ̯⁵⁵ xwɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fai¹ fok³
  - Yale: fāi fok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fai¹ fok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: fei¹ fog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯⁵⁵ fɔːk̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui-hok
  - Tâi-lô: hui-hok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hui'hog
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³ hɔk̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: /hʉi hwɑk̚/

Rime
Character	揮	霍
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	唐 (104)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	許歸切	虚郭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʉi/	/hwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɨi/	/hʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuəi/	/xuɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huj/	/hwak̚/
Li Rong	/xiuəi/	/xuɑk̚/
Wang Li	/xĭwəi/	/xuɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwe̯i/	/xwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huī	huo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai¹	fok³

Verb

揮霍

to spend freely; to squander

Synonyms

Synonyms of 揮霍

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)
曠廢／旷废 (kuàngfèi)
枉費／枉费 (wǎngfèi)

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)

Derived terms

揮霍無度／挥霍无度 (huīhuòwúdù)

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