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Chinese
Pronunciation
Verb
揮霍
- to spend freely; to squander
Synonyms
- 加了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
- 干了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
- 抖落 (dǒuluò)
- 折騰/折腾 (zhēteng) (colloquial)
- 拋荒/抛荒 (pāohuāng)
- 曠廢/旷废 (kuàngfèi)
- 枉費/枉费 (wǎngfèi)
- 浪費/浪费 (làngfèi)
- 無彩/无彩 (Hokkien)
- 白了 (Hokkien)
- 白白了 (Hokkien)
- 白費/白费 (báifèi)
- 空費/空费 (kōngfèi)
- 糟蹋 (zāotà)
- 耽誤/耽误 (chiefly time)
- 荒廢/荒废 (huāngfèi)
- 虛耗/虚耗 (xūhào)
- 靡費/靡费 (mífèi) (formal)
Derived terms
Descendants
Vietnamese
Verb
揮霍
- chữ Hán form of huy hoắc (“to squander; to spend wastefully”).