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花费

huā fèi · hua fei

Traditional 花費

HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. expense
  2. cost
  3. to spend (time or money)
  4. expenditure
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What the trip costs

  1. Liangliang

    去(qù)云南(yúnnán)旅游(lǚyóu)要(yào)花费(huāfèi)多少(duōshao)钱(qián)？

    How much will the Yunnan trip cost?

  2. Dengdeng

    五(wǔ)天(tiān)大概(dàgài)花费(huāfèi)三千(sānqiān)块(kuài)！

    About three thousand yuan for five days.

  3. Liangliang

    不错(bùcuò)，时间(shíjiān)呢(ne)

    That's not bad. And the time?

  4. Dengdeng

    路上(lùshang)要(yào)花费(huāfèi)整整(zhěngzhěng)两(liǎng)天(tiān)！

    The way there takes two whole days.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)五(wǔ)天(tiān)的(de)旅行(lǚxíng)，在(zài)云南(yúnnán)只有(zhǐyǒu)三(sān)天(tiān)！

    Then it's a five-day trip with only three days in Yunnan.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

乘(chéng)飞(fēi)机(jī)去(qù)该(gāi)岛(dǎo)，将(jiāng)花(huā)费(fèi)你(nǐ)100美(měi)元(yuán)。

It will cost you $100 to fly to the island.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CS · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

你(nǐ)估(gū)计(jì)做(zuò)那(nà)件(jiàn)事(shì)需(xū)要(yào)花(huā)费(fèi)你(nǐ)多(duō)少(shǎo)时(shí)间(jiān)呢(ne)？

How much time do you estimate it'll take you to do that?

Tatoeba: Chinese by slo_oth · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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