用费

用費
yòngfèi
noun #31,476

Meanings

  1. 1 expense
  2. 2 expenditure
  3. 3 cost of using something

Examples

Měi yuè de yòngfèi dōu bù xiǎo.
The monthly expenses are not small.
Qǐng bǎ zhè bǐ yòngfèi jì zài gōngsī zhàng shàng.
Please charge this expense to the company account.

Tips

usage
Less common than the standard 费用 (fèiyòng, expense / fee) — note the characters are simply reversed. 用费 leans slightly on the "using / consumption" side (what you spend by using something), while 费用 is the neutral cover-all. In modern Mainland usage, 费用 is the safer default.

Stroke Order

yòng
fèi