花费

花費

huāfèi

verb HSK 6 #5,429

Meanings

Spending expenses — costs and expenditures.

Zhuāngxiū fángzi huāfèi le bù shǎo qián.

Renovating the house cost quite a bit of money.

Zhè cì lǚxíng de huāfèi bǐ yùqī gāo.

The expenses for this trip were higher than expected.

Tā zài xuéxí shang huāfèi le dàliàng shíjiān.

He spent a great deal of time on studying.

Jiǎnshǎo bù bìyào de huāfèi hěn zhòngyào.

It's important to reduce unnecessary expenses.

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