費事

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See also: 费事

Chinese

to cost; to spend; fee
to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname
 
matter; thing; item
matter; thing; item; work; affair
 
trad. (費事) 費 事
simp. (费事) 费 事
alternative forms 廢事／废事 Cantonese senses

Pronunciation

Note: hui3 se7 - Chaozhou.

Verb

費事

  1. to take a lot of trouble to do something
  2. (Cantonese) to not feel like doing something; to not bother to do something
    費事睬你！／费事睬你！ [Cantonese]  ―  fai3 si6 coi2 nei5!   ―  I couldn't care less about you!
  3. (Cantonese) to avoid
    嗱，還返筆錢畀你，費事爭你咁耐啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    嗱，还返笔钱畀你，费事争你咁耐啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    naa4, waan4 faan1 bat1 cin4 bei2 nei5, fai3 si6 caang1 nei5 gam3 noi6 laa1.
    Here, I'm returning you the money, so that I don't owe you any longer.

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Adjective

費事

  1. time-consuming; troublesome; involving a hassle
    這麼做太費事，不如換個方法。 [MSC, trad.]
    这么做太费事，不如换个方法。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhème zuò tài fèishì, bùrú huàn ge fāngfǎ.
    Doing it this way is too troublesome - it would be better to try another way.

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