耗费 hàofèi▶ biaya

Stroke order

耗费 is written in 19 strokes across 2 characters.

• 耗 — 10 strokes
• 费 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. to waste
2. to spend
3. to consume
4. to squander

Related words

• 消耗mengkonsumsi
• 经费dana
• 消费konsumsi
• 免费Gratis; cuma-cuma
• 浪费Membuang; limbah

耗费 is pronounced hàofèi and means “biaya”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 耗费 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.