破費

破费
pòfèi
to spend (money or time)

CEDICT

  1. (polite) to spend money; to go to some expense
  2. to spend money; to go to some expense

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 破 pò
  1. broken
  2. damaged
  3. worn out
  4. lousy
  5. rotten
  6. to break, split or cleave
  7. to get rid of
  8. to destroy
  9. to break with
  10. to defeat
  11. to capture (a city etc)
  12. to expose the truth of
2 費 fèi
  1. to cost
  2. to spend
  3. fee
  4. wasteful
  5. expenses

Related entries

斥資 chìzī
  1. to spend
  2. to allocate funds
耗資 hàozī
  1. to spend
  2. expenditure
  3. to cost
花掉 huādiào
  1. to spend (time, money)
  2. to waste
錢要花很長的時間來賺, 但你可以一下子就花掉它了。

Money takes a long time to earn, but you can spend it in no time.

Source: Tatoeba

花用 huāyòng to spend (money)
花銷 huāxiāo
  1. to spend (money)
  2. expenses
她出国的时候花销很大。

She spends a lot of money when she goes abroad.

Source: Tatoeba

豪擲 háozhì to spend (a large amount of money)
出手 chūshǒu
  1. to dispose of
  2. to spend (money)
  3. to undertake a task
度 dù
  1. to pass
  2. to spend (time)
  3. measure
  4. limit
  5. extent
  6. degree of intensity
  7. degree (angles, temperature etc)
  8. kilowatt-hour
  9. classifier for events and occurrences
忍耐是有限度的。

Patience has its limits.

Source: Tatoeba

度過 dùguò
  1. to pass
  2. to spend (time)
  3. to survive
  4. to get through
她獨自度過了週末。

She spent the weekend by herself.

Source: Tatoeba

耗 hào
  1. to waste
  2. to spend
  3. to consume
  4. to squander
  5. news
  6. (coll.) to delay
  7. to dilly-dally
我把旅费耗光了。

I have run out of my traveling expenses.

Source: Tatoeba

耗費 hàofèi
  1. to waste
  2. to spend
  3. to consume
  4. to squander
整个过程需要耗费数月。

The whole process will take months.

Source: Tatoeba

費 fèi
  1. to cost
  2. to spend
  3. fee
  4. wasteful
  5. expenses
要收服務費嗎?

Is there a service charge for that?

Source: Tatoeba

花費 huāfèi
  1. expense
  2. cost
  3. to spend (time or money)
  4. expenditure
他一個月花費多少？

How much does he spend per month?

Source: Tatoeba

花 huā
  1. flower
  2. blossom
  3. fancy pattern
  4. florid
  5. to spend (money, time)
  6. (coll.) lecherous
  7. lustful

classifiers: 朵, 支, 束, 把, 盆, 簇

花凋谢了。

The flowers withered up.

Source: Tatoeba