費 (fèi)

fee/expense/to spend/to waste

How 費 is written

Strokes
12
Radical
弓 — bow
Traditional
費
Simplified
费

Components

Common words using 費

免費 miǎnfèi
free (of charge)
浪費 làngfèi
to waste; to squander
消費 xiāofèi
to consume; CL:個|个[ge4]
話費 huàfèi
call charge
付費 fùfèi
to pay; to cover the costs
公費 gōngfèi
at public expense
學費 xuéfèi
tuition fee; tuition; CL:個|个[ge4]
小費 xiǎofèi
tip
手續費 shǒuxùfèi
service charge; processing fee; commission
收費 shōufèi
fee; charge
收費站 shōufèizhàn
tollbooth
枉費 wǎngfèi
to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc); to try in vain

費 in a sentence

台北的生活費很高。

Táiběi de shēnghuófèi hěn gāo.

“The cost of living in Taipei is very high.”

How common is 費?

費 is the 486th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 75.2% of all running text.

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