費

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Translingual

Han character

費 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中弓月山金 (LNBUC), four-corner 5580₆, 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

trad.		費
simp.		费
2nd round simp.		弗
alternative forms		廢／废 “naughty”

Wikipedia has articles on:

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

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (弗) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	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 (fei⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fei⁴

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фи (fi, III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): fai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fi
Jin (Wiktionary): fei³
Northern Min (KCR): hi̿
Eastern Min (BUC): hié
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hi⁴ / bi⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hùi / pì

(Teochew, Peng'im): hui³ / bi³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵fi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fèi
  - Wade–Giles: fei⁴
  - Yale: fèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fey
  - Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: fei⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fei
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фи (fi, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fi⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fai³
  - Yale: fai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi
  - Hakka Romanization System: fi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fi⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: fei³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /fei⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hi̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xi³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hié
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiɛ²¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi⁴²/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁴²/

Note:

hi4 - literary;
bi4 - vernacular (incl. surname).

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi
  - Tâi-lô: huì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hui¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /hui²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì
  - Tâi-lô: pì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pi²¹/

Note:

hùi - literary (incl. surname in Taiwan);
pì - vernacular (incl. surname in mainland China).

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: hui³ / bi³
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hùi / pì
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui²¹³/, /pi²¹³/

Note: bi3 - surname.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵fi
  - MiniDict: fi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²fi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fi³⁴/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 費
Mandarin	Beijing	/fei⁵¹/
	Harbin	/fei⁵³/
	Tianjin	/fei⁵³/
	Jinan	/fei²¹/
	Qingdao	/fe⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/fi³¹²/
	Xi'an	/fi⁴⁴/
	Xining	/fɨ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/fei¹³/
	Lanzhou	/fei¹³/
	Ürümqi	/fei²¹³/
	Wuhan	/fei³⁵/
	Chengdu	/fei¹³/
	Guiyang	/fei²¹³/
	Kunming	/fei²¹²/
	Nanjing	/fəi⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/fe⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/fei⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/xuei³⁵/
	Hohhot	/fei⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/fi³⁵/
	Suzhou	/vi³¹/
	Hangzhou	/fi⁴⁴⁵/
	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/
	Nanning	/fɐi³³/
	Hong Kong	/fɐi³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/hui²¹/ /pi²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/hiɛ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/xi³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/hui²¹³/
	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	fei³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰt-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	/*pʰt-s/
English	squander
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fèi (fei⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fai⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶vi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fèi
  - Wade–Giles: fei⁴
  - Yale: fèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fey
  - Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fai⁶
  - Yale: faih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯²²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶vi
  - MiniDict: vi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³vi
  - 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	fei⁶

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 (bi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei³
Eastern Min (BUC): bé

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bì
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴
  - Yale: bì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
  - Palladius: би (bi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/

Note: Often mispronounced fèi.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bei³
  - Yale: bei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bé
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /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	bei³

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 (fu²)

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fú
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fú
  - Wade–Giles: fu²
  - Yale: fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwu
  - Palladius: фу (fu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵/

Definitions

費

^† Alternative form of 拂 (fú, “to transgress; to violate; to infringe”)

Japanese

Kanji

費

(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

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Zhuang

Noun

費

Sawndip form of feiz (“fire”)

費

Contents

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Han character

References

Chinese

Glyph origin

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

Pronunciation 4

Definitions

Japanese

Kanji

Readings

Derived terms

Suffix

Korean

Hanja

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

Zhuang

Noun

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