花费

Meaning(verb, noun)

expense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure

Examples

• 这次旅行花费了一万块。

  zhè cì lǚ xíng huā fèi le yí wàn kuài.

  This trip cost ten thousand yuan.

• 他花费了很多时间准备考试。

  tā huā fèi le hěn duō shí jiān zhǔn bèi kǎo shì.

  He spent a lot of time preparing for the exam.

• 在大城市生活花费很大。

  zài dài chéng shì shēng huó huā fèi hěn dà.

  Living in a big city is expensive.

Easily confused

• 浪费 — 花费 is neutral “spend”; wasteful spending is 浪费.

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