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花费

huā fèi

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 花費

花费 (huā fèi) means "expense; cost; to spend (time or money)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 花费 means

1. expense
2. cost
3. to spend (time or money)
4. expenditure

The characters in 花费

• 花huāflower; blossom; fancy pattern
• 费fèito cost; to spend; fee

Example sentences

• 他一个月花费多少？
  How much does he spend per month?
• 修理将要花费很多钱。
  Repairs will cost a lot of money.
• 这破坏会花费我们很多钱。
  Zhè pòhuài huì huāfèi wǒmen hěn duō qián.
  The damage will cost us a lot of money.
• 培养政治意识要花费时间。
  Péiyǎng zhèngzhì yìshí yào huāfèi shíjiān.
  It takes time to develop political awareness.
• 这将花费约10000日元。
  It will cost around 10,000 yen.
• 已经花费了很多的时间和精力。
  Yǐjīng huāfèi le hěn duō de shíjiān hé jīnglì.
  A considerable amount of time and effort have been spent already.

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