浪费 (làngfèi) means Waste (squander). Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我们不应该 浪费 食物。
Wǒmen bù yīnggāi làngfèi shíwù.
We should not waste food.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 浪费
这样做太 浪费 时间了。
Zhèyàng zuò tài làngfèi shíjiān le.
Doing it this way wastes too much time.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 浪费
这项制度旨在杜绝 浪费 。
Zhè xiàng zhìdù zhǐ zài dùjué làngfèi.
This system aims to put an end to waste.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 杜绝
过度包装既 浪费 又不环保。
Guòdù bāozhuāng jì làngfèi yòu bù huánbǎo.
Excessive packaging is both wasteful and unfriendly to the environment.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 过度
这幅漫画讽刺了 浪费 现象。
Zhè fú mànhuà fěngcì le làngfèi xiànxiàng.
This cartoon satirises waste.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 漫画
过度包装既 浪费 资源又污染环境。
Guòdù bāozhuāng jì làngfèi zīyuán yòu wūrǎn huánjìng.
Excessive packaging both wastes resources and pollutes the environment.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 包装
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From the graded readers
我总觉得自己在 浪费 时间。
wǒ zǒng juéde zìjǐ zài làngfèi shíjiān.
I kept feeling I was wasting time.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
Questions about 浪费
How is 浪费 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 浪费 (làngfèi, "Waste (squander)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 浪费 an HSK word?
Yes — 浪费 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 浪费?
The dictionary page for 浪费 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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