费 (fèi) means Expenses (spend - consume). Below are 24 of the 43 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
这里的消 费 不高。
Zhèlǐ de xiāofèi bù gāo.
The cost of living here is not high.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 消费
运输的 费 用不低。
Yùnshū de fèiyòng bù dī.
The transport costs are not low.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 运输
费 用共计八千元。
Fèiyòng gòngjì bāqiān yuán.
The costs come to eight thousand yuan in total.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 共计
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
学校提供免 费 的午饭。
Xuéxiào tígōng miǎn fèi de wǔfàn.
The school provides free lunches.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 免费
这个价格包含服务 费 。
Zhège jiàgé bāohán fúwùfèi.
This price includes the service charge.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 包含
学校增加了科研经 费 。
Xuéxiào zēngjiā le kēyán jīngfèi.
The school increased its research funding.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 经费
这家酒店提供免 费 早餐。
Zhè jiā jiǔdiàn tígōng miǎn fèi zǎocān.
This hotel provides a free breakfast.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 提供
他每天记录自己的花 费 。
Tā měi tiān jìlù zìjǐ de huāfèi.
He records his spending every day.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 记录
年轻人的消 费 习惯变了。
Niánqīng rén de xiāofèi xíguàn biàn le.
Young people's spending habits have changed.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 消费
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
诉讼 费 用由败诉方承担。
Sùsòng fèiyòng yóu bàisù fāng chéngdān.
The costs of the suit are borne by the losing party.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 诉讼
读者可以免 费 索取资料。
Dúzhě kěyǐ miǎnfèi suǒqǔ zīliào.
Readers may request the materials free of charge.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 索取
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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
From the travel phrasebook
运 费 怎么算？
Yùnfèi zěnme suàn?
How is the shipping worked out?
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
哪里有免 费 的无线网？
Nǎlǐ yǒu miǎnfèi de wúxiànwǎng?
Where is there free Wi-Fi?
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
样品免 费 ，运 费 您付。
Yàngpǐn miǎnfèi, yùnfèi nín fù.
The sample is free, you pay the shipping.
Travel phrasebook · Trade fairs and factory visits
费 appears in 43 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 费
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 费
How is 费 used in a sentence?
This page shows 43 sentences using 费 (fèi, "Expenses (spend - consume)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 费 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 费 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 费?
The dictionary page for 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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