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)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǎngfèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄈㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangfey
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ feɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong² fai³
  - Yale: wóng fai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong² fai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong² fei³
  - 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

浪費／浪费 (làngfèi)
無彩／无彩 (Min Nan)
白了 (Min Nan)
白費／白费 (báifèi)

空費／空费 (kōngfèi)
糟蹋 (zāotà)
靡費／靡费 (mífèi) (formal)

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