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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 花费

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
花费 huā fèi - expense
- cost
- to spend (time or money)
- expenditure

List Ranking for: 花费

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 5 5,429 5,585 8,870

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
花 huā- surname Hua
花 huā- flower
- blossom
- CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]
- fancy pattern
- florid
- to spend (money, time)
- (coll.) lecherous
- lustful
花 huā- old variant of 花[hua1]
花 huā- variant of 花[hua1]
- flower
- blossom
- also pr. [wei3]
费 fèi- surname Fei
费 fèi- to cost
- to spend
- fee
- wasteful
- expenses

Other Words Containing 花费

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
花费 - 5 5,429 5,585 8,870