花费

花費

huāfèi

verb HSK 5 #5,429

Meanings

Spending expenses - costs and expenditures.

HSK 4

他在学习上花费了大量时间。

Tā zài xuéxí shang huāfèi le dàliàng shíjiān.

He spent a great deal of time on studying.

HSK 5

装修房子花费了不少钱。

Zhuāngxiū fángzi huāfèi le bùshǎo qián.

Renovating the house cost quite a bit of money.

HSK 6

这次旅行的花费比预期高。

Zhècì lǚxíng de huāfèi bǐ yùqī gāo.

The expenses for this trip were higher than expected.

usage

花费 (formal, for money and time) vs 花 (casual, 'to spend') vs 消费 (to consume, consumer spending). 花费 can be both a verb and a noun.

花 huā

费 fèi