揮霍無度

Chinese

		to spend freely; to squander	immoderate; excessive; literary to no end immoderate; excessive; literary to no end; to the extreme; without any limit
trad. (揮霍無度)		揮霍	無度
simp. (挥霍无度)		挥霍	无度

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huīhuòwúdù

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄨˊ ㄉㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fai¹ fok³ mou⁴ dou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huīhuòwúdù
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄨˊ ㄉㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueihuohwuduh
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹ u³⁵ tu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fai¹ fok³ mou⁴ dou⁶
  - Yale: fāi fok mòuh douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fai¹ fok⁸ mou⁴ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fei¹ fog³ mou⁴ dou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯⁵⁵ fɔːk̚³ mou̯²¹ tou̯²²/

Idiom

揮霍無度

to spend money (and squander) freely and extravagantly

Synonyms

揮金如土／挥金如土 (huījīnrútǔ)

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