# 費

| 費 | U+8CBB, &#36027; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CBB |
| ← 貺 [U+8CBA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 貼 → [U+8CBC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

費 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中弓月山金 (LNBUC), four-corner 5580$_6$, composition ⿱弗貝)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1207, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36717
* Dae Jaweon: page 1670, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3635, character 7
* Unihan data for U+8CBB

## Chinese

* 費姓 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 費氏 (Cantonese)
* Hùi (sèⁿ) (Southern Min)

### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 鄪 | *prɯds |
| 費 | *prɯds, *pʰɯds, *bɯds |
| 砩 | *pads |
| 沸 | *pɯds |
| 疿 | *pɯds |
| 茀 | *pɯds, *pʰɯd |
| 髴 | *pʰɯds, *pɯd, *pʰɯd |
| 昲 | *pʰɯds |
| 靅 | *pʰɯds |
| 狒 | *buds |
| 怫 | *bɯds, *bɯd |
| 胇 | *brɯd |
| 艴 | *bɯːd, *pʰɯd |
| 弗 | *pɯd |
| 紼 | *pɯd |
| 柫 | *pɯd |
| 笰 | *pɯd |
| 拂 | *pʰɯd |
| 刜 | *pʰɯd, *bɯd |
| 彿 | *pʰɯd |
| 佛 | *bɯd |
| 坲 | *bɯd |
| 咈 | *bɯd |
| 炥 | *bɯd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *prɯds, *pʰɯds, *bɯds): phonetic 弗 (OC *pɯd) + semantic 貝 (“cowry”).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): fèi (fei$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fei$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фи (fi, III)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fai$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fi
* Jin (Wiktionary): fei$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): hi̿
* Eastern Min (BUC): hié
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hi$^4$ / bi$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hùi / pì
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hui$^3$ / bi$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$fi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fèi
*** Wade–Giles: fei$^4$
*** Yale: fèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fey
*** Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /feɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: fei$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fei
*** Sinological IPA : /fei²¹³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фи (fi, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /fi⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fai$^3$
*** Yale: fai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɐi̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi
*** Hakka Romanization System: fi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /fi⁵⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: fei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /fei⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hi̿
*** Sinological IPA : /xi³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hié
*** Sinological IPA : /hiɛ²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /hi⁴²/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁴²/
* hi4 - literary;
* bi4 - vernacular (incl. surname).
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit費 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /fei⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /fei⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /fei⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /fei²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /fe⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /fi³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /fi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /fɨ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /fei¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /fei¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /fei²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /fei³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /fei¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /fei²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /fei²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /fəi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /fe⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /fei⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /xuei³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /fei⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /fi³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /vi³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /fi⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /fei⁴²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /fe³²⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /fe⁴²/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /fei⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ɸəi⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /fɨi⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /fi⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /fui⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /fɐi³³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /fɐi³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /fɐi³³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /hui²¹/ /pi²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /hiɛ²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /xi³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /hui²¹³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /fɔi³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: phj+jH
Rime :
| Character | 費 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 芳未切 |
| Baxter | phj+jH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰʉi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰʷɨi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰiuəi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰuj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰiuəi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰĭwəi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰwe̯i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fei$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰ[u]t-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯds/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 費 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fèi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ phj+j$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰ[u]t-s/ |
| English | squander |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 費 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| No. | 3304 |
| Phonetic component | 弗 |
| Rime group | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 費 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰɯds/ |

#### Definitions

費
* to cost; to spend; to expend
* to consume; to use; to exhaust
* to lavish; to squander; to waste; to lose
* fee; bill; charge; dues; toll
* loquacious; garrulous; verbose; (of words) superfluous
* (Jilu, Lanyin, Jianghuai and Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Jin, dialectal Wu) naughty; mischievous
* (historical) placename in the southwest of modern-day Yutai County, Shandong
* a surname
    費孝通／费孝通 ― Fèi Xiàotōng ― Fei Xiaotong (Chinese anthropologist and sociologist)

#### Compounds

* 不用費事 / 不用费事
* 不費 / 不费
* 不費力 / 不费力
* 中費 / 中费
* 五費 / 五费
* 付費 / 付费 (fùfèi)
* 伙食費
* 作證費 / 作证费
* 使費 / 使费 (shǐfèi)
* 保費 / 保费 (bǎofèi)
* 保險費 / 保险费 (bǎoxiǎnfèi)
* 停車費 / 停车费 (tíngchēfèi)
* 免費 / 免费 (miǎnfèi)
* 免費軟體 / 免费软体 (miǎnfèi ruǎntǐ)
* 公用費率 / 公用费率
* 公費 / 公费 (gōngfèi)
* 公費生 / 公费生
* 兵費 / 兵费
* 冗費 / 冗费 (rǒngfèi)
* 出差費 / 出差费
* 利息費用 / 利息费用
* 勞人費馬 / 劳人费马
* 勞神費力 / 劳神费力 (láoshénfèilì)
* 勞費 / 劳费
* 匯費 / 汇费 (huìfèi)
* 受益費 / 受益费
* 基本電費 / 基本电费
* 報名費 / 报名费
* 報費 / 报费
* 多謝費心 / 多谢费心
* 大費周折 / 大费周折
* 大費周章 / 大费周章 (dàfèizhōuzhāng)
* 大費神思 / 大费神思
* 大費脣舌 / 大费唇舌
* 妝嫫費黛 / 妆嫫费黛 (zhuāngmófèidài)
* 學分費 / 学分费
* 學費 / 学费 (xuéfèi)
* 安家費 / 安家费
* 官費 / 官费
* 官費生 / 官费生
* 寄費 / 寄费
* 小費 / 小费 (xiǎofèi)
* 川費 / 川费 (chuānfèi)
* 工本費 / 工本费
* 差旅費 / 差旅费 (chāilǚfèi)
* 年費 / 年费 (niánfèi)
* 廣告費 / 广告费
* 徒費無益 / 徒费无益
* 徒費脣舌 / 徒费唇舌
* 惠而不費 / 惠而不费
* 所費 / 所费 (só͘-hùi) (Min Nan)
* 所費不貲 / 所费不赀
* 手續費 / 手续费 (shǒuxùfèi)
* 拋費 / 抛费
* 掛號費 / 挂号费
* 撥接費 / 拨接费
* 撫養費 / 抚养费 (fǔyǎngfèi)
* 收費 / 收费 (shōufèi)
* 收費站 / 收费站 (shōufèizhàn)
* 教育經費 / 教育经费
* 教育費 / 教育费
* 施而不費 / 施而不费
* 旅費 / 旅费 (lǚfèi)
* 旦夕之費 / 旦夕之费
* 曠費 / 旷费
* 會費 / 会费 (huìfèi)
* 枉費 / 枉费 (wǎngfèi)
* 枉費心力 / 枉费心力
* 枉費心機 / 枉费心机
* 枉費心計 / 枉费心计
* 枉費日月 / 枉费日月
* 枉費時日 / 枉费时日
* 枉費脣舌 / 枉费唇舌
* 棧費 / 栈费
* 毫不費力 / 毫不费力 (háobùfèilì)
* 水費 / 水费 (shuǐfèi)
* 消費 / 消费 (xiāofèi)
* 浮費 / 浮费
* 浪費 / 浪费 (làngfèi)
* 消費借貸 / 消费借贷 (xiāofèi jièdài)
* 消費品 / 消费品 (xiāofèipǐn)
* 消費者 / 消费者 (xiāofèizhě)
* 煩費 / 烦费
* 煞費周章 / 煞费周章
* 煞費苦心 / 煞费苦心
* 營業費用 / 营业费用
* 特別費 / 特别费
* 特許費 / 特许费
* 甘馨之費 / 甘馨之费
* 生活費 / 生活费 (shēnghuófèi)
* 用費 / 用费 (yòngfèi)
* 白費 / 白费 (báifèi)
* 白費功夫 / 白费功夫
* 白費心思 / 白费心思 (báifèixīnsī)
* 白費心血 / 白费心血
* 盤費 / 盘费 (pánfèi)
* 破費 / 破费 (pòfèi)
* 租費 / 租费 (zūfèi)
* 稿費 / 稿费 (gǎofèi)
* 空費 / 空费 (kōngfèi)
* 空費時日 / 空费时日
* 管理費 / 管理费 (guǎnlǐfèi)
* 糜費 / 糜费 (mífèi)
* 納費 / 纳费
* 經常費 / 经常费
* 經費 / 经费 (jīngfèi)
* 經費支絀 / 经费支绌
* 綠色消費 / 绿色消费 (lǜsè xiāofèi)
* 繳學費 / 缴学费
* 繳費 / 缴费 (jiǎofèi)
* 耗費 / 耗费 (hàofèi)
* 膳費 / 膳费
* 自費 / 自费 (zìfèi)
* 自費生 / 自费生
* 花費 / 花费
* 茫然費解 / 茫然费解
* 薪儲之費 / 薪储之费
* 補償費 / 补偿费
* 補助費 / 补助费
* 規費 / 规费 (guīfèi)
* 計費 / 计费 (jìfèi)
* 訂費 / 订费
* 訴訟費 / 诉讼费 (sùsòngfèi)
* 誤餐費 / 误餐费
* 費事 / 费事 (fèishì)
* 費力 / 费力 (fèilì)
* 費力勞心 / 费力劳心
* 費功夫 / 费功夫
* 費勁 / 费劲 (fèijìn)
* 費勁兒 / 费劲儿
* 費口 / 费口
* 費口舌 / 费口舌 (fèi kǒushé)
* 費句 / 费句 (fèijù)
* 費司 / 费司
* 費周章 / 费周章
* 費唇舌 / 费唇舌
* 費唾沫 / 费唾沫
* 費商量 / 费商量
* 費嘴 / 费嘴
* 費嘴皮子 / 费嘴皮子
* 費城 / 费城 (Fèichéng)
* 費密 / 费密
* 費工 / 费工 (fèigōng)
* 費工夫 / 费工夫 (fèi gōngfu)
* 費心 / 费心 (fèixīn)
* 費心勞力 / 费心劳力
* 費心思 / 费心思
* 費心機 / 费心机
* 費心費力 / 费心费力
* 費思量 / 费思量
* 費手 / 费手
* 費手腳 / 费手脚
* 費日損功 / 费日损功
* 費時 / 费时 (fèishí)
* 費氣 / 费气
* 費洛蒙 / 费洛蒙 (fèiluòméng)
* 費率 / 费率 (fèilǜ)
* 費用 / 费用 (fèiyòng)
* 費盡心機 / 费尽心机 (fèijìnxīnjī)
* 費盡精神 / 费尽精神
* 費盡脣舌 / 费尽唇舌
* 費眼 / 费眼
* 費神 / 费神 (fèishén)
* 費脣舌 / 费唇舌
* 費腳手 / 费脚手
* 費解 / 费解 (fèijiě)
* 費話 / 费话
* 費財勞民 / 费财劳民
* 費費 / 费费
* 費錢 / 费钱
* 費難 / 费难
* 費電 / 费电
* 資遣費 / 资遣费 (zīqiǎnfèi)
* 贍養費 / 赡养费 (shànyǎngfèi)
* 路費 / 路费 (lùfèi)
* 車費 / 车费 (chēfèi)
* 車馬費 / 车马费 (chēmǎfèi)
* 軍費 / 军费 (jūnfèi)
* 辭費 / 辞费 (cífèi)
* 退費 / 退费
* 通行費 / 通行费 (tōngxíngfèi)
* 過橋費 / 过桥费 (guòqiáofèi)
* 運費 / 运费 (yùnfèi)
* 過費 / 过费
* 運輸費 / 运输费
* 遣散費 / 遣散费
* 遮羞費 / 遮羞费
* 郵費 / 邮费 (yóufèi)
* 醫藥費 / 医药费 (yīyàofèi)
* 鋪堂使費 / 铺堂使费
* 鋪張浪費 / 铺张浪费 (pūzhānglàngfèi)
* 鐘點費 / 钟点费
* 開瓶費 / 开瓶费
* 開辦費 / 开办费
* 雜費 / 杂费 (záfèi)
* 電話費 / 电话费
* 電費 / 电费 (diànfèi)
* 靡費 / 靡费 (mífèi)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fèi (fei$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fai$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$vi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fèi
*** Wade–Giles: fei$^4$
*** Yale: fèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fey
*** Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /feɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fai$^6$
*** Yale: faih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɐi̯²²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$vi
*** MiniDict: vi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$vi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vi²³/
* Middle Chinese: bj+jH
Rime :
| Character | 費 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 扶沸切 |
| Baxter | bj+jH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bʉi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bʷɨi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biuəi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /biuəi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭwəi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱwe̯i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fei$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*bɯds/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 費 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| No. | 3310 |
| Phonetic component | 弗 |
| Rime group | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 𥝋 |
| Old Chinese | /*bɯds/ |
| Notes | 沸由涕校改 |

#### Definitions

費
* (historical) placename in modern-day Fei County, Shandong
* a surname

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bì (bi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bei$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): bé
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bì
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bì
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^4$
*** Yale: bì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
*** Palladius: би (bi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bei$^3$
*** Yale: bei
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bei$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: béi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pei̯³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bé
*** Sinological IPA : /pɛi²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: pijH
Rime :
| Character | 費 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 兵媚切 |
| Baxter | pijH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠiɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pᵚi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pji$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pji$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bei$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*prɯds/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 費 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| No. | 3299 |
| Phonetic component | 弗 |
| Rime group | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 祕 |
| Old Chinese | /*prɯds/ |

#### Definitions

費
* (historical) Alternative form of 鄪 / 𰻳 (bì, name of an ancient county in the State of Lu)
* a surname

### Pronunciation 4

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fú (fu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fú
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fú
*** Wade–Giles: fu$^2$
*** Yale: fú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu
*** Palladius: фу (fu)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵/

#### Definitions

費
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 拂 (fú, “to transgress; to violate; to infringe”)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
* cost, expense

#### Readings

* Go-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
* On: ふつ (futsu)
* Kun: ついやす (tsuiyasu, 費やす, Jōyō)、ついえる (tsuieru, 費える, Jōyō)

#### Derived terms

* 費(つい)やす (tsuiyasu)

### Suffix

費(ひ) • (-hi)
* cost, fee

## Korean
### Hanja

費 (eumhun 쓸 비 (sseul bi))
* hanja form of 비 (“spend; cost”)

#### Compounds

* 비용 (費用, biyong, “cost”)
* 소비 (消費, sobi, “consumption”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

費: Hán Nôm readings: phí, phía
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Zhuang
### Noun

費
* Sawndip form of feiz (“fire”)