Usage of the character 費

surname Fei

fèi

费

[費]

to cost
to spend
fee
wasteful
expenses

fèishén

费神

[費神]

to spend effort
to take trouble
May I trouble you to...? (as part of polite request)
Please would you mind...?

Fèimǎ

费马

[費馬]

variant of 費瑪／费玛 ( Fèimǎ)

fèijìn

费劲

[費勁]

to require effort
strenuous

chēfèi

车费

[車費]

passenger fare

fèijiě

费解

[費解]

to be puzzled
hard to understand
unintelligible
incomprehensible

yùnfèi

运费

[運費]

freight fee

záfèi

杂费

[雜費]

incidental costs
sundries
extras

xùfèi

续费

[續費]

to renew a subscription

wǎngfèi

枉费

[枉費]

to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc)
to try in vain

shuǐfèi

水费

[水費]

water bill

Fèimàn

费曼

[費曼]

Feinman or Feynman (name)
Richard Feynman (1918-1988), US physicist, 1965 Nobel prize laureate together with TOMONAGA Shin'ichirō and Julian Schwinger

Fèichéng

费城

[費城]

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
abbr. for 費拉德爾菲亞／费拉德尔菲亚 ( Fèilādé'ěrfēiyà)

yóufèi

邮费

[郵費]

postage

fèiyòng

费用

[費用]

cost
expenditure
expense
CL:筆／笔 (bǐ),個／个 (gè)

xiāofèi

消费

[消費]

to consume (goods and services, resources etc)

fèixīn

费心

[費心]

to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth)
may I trouble you (to do sth)

dìngfèi

订费

[訂費]

subscription (rate)

zìfèi

自费

[自費]

at one's own expense
self-funded

niánfèi

年费

[年費]

annual fee

shōufèi

收费

[收費]

to charge a fee

báifèi

白费

[白費]

to waste (one's energy etc)

zhěnfèi

诊费

[診費]

medical fees

làngfèi

浪费

[浪費]

to waste
to squander

xiǎofèi

小费

[小費]

tip
gratuity

fèishí

费时

[費時]

to take time
time-consuming

pāofèi

抛费

[拋費]

to waste
to squander

lùfèi

路费

[路費]

travel expenses
money for a voyage
toll

huìfèi

汇费

[匯費]

remittance fee

huìfèi

会费

[會費]

membership dues

jūnfèi

军费

[軍費]

military expenditure

hàofèi

耗费

[耗費]

to waste
to spend
to consume
to squander

pánfèi

盘费

[盤費]

travel expenses
fare
traveling allowance

fèishì

费事

[費事]

troublesome
to take a lot of trouble to do sth

pòfèi

破费

[破費]

to spend (money or time)

guānfèi

官费

[官費]

government funded
paid by state stipend

rǒngfèi

冗费

[冗費]

unnecessary expenses

fèihuà

费话

[費話]

to talk at length
to waste one's breath
variant of 廢話／废话 (fèihuà)

fángfèi

房费

[房費]

room charge

jiǎofèi

缴费

[繳費]

to pay a fee

mífèi

糜费

[糜費]

variant of 靡費／靡费 (mífèi)

jīngfèi

经费

[經費]

funds
expenditure
CL:筆／笔 (bǐ)

huàfèi

话费

[話費]

call charge

miǎnfèi

免费

[免費]

free (of charge)

gōngfèi

公费

[公費]

at public expense

Fèimǎ

费玛

[費瑪]

Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665), French mathematician

zīfèi

资费

[資費]

(postal, telecom etc) service charge

mífèi

靡费

[靡費]

to waste
to squander

qiànfèi

欠费

[欠費]

to be in arrears
to be out of credit
amount owing

bǎofèi

保费

[保費]

insurance premium

Fèixiàn

费县

[費縣]

Feixian county in Linyi 臨沂／临沂 ( Línyí), Shandong

kuàngfèi

旷费

[曠費]

to waste
to squander

fèilì

费力

[費力]

to expend a great deal of effort

gǎofèi

稿费

[稿費]

author's remuneration
CL:筆／笔 (bǐ)

xuéfèi

学费

[學費]

tuition fee
tuition
CL:個／个 (gè)

jiāofèi

交费

[交費]

to pay a fee

fùfèi

付费

[付費]

to pay
to cover the costs

fèilā

费拉

[費拉]

fellah (loanword)

huāfèi

花费

[花費]

expense
cost
to spend (time or money)
expenditure

fèilü

费率

[費率]

rate
tariff

dǎngfèi

党费

[黨費]

party membership dues

Fèimǐ

费米

[費米]

Fermi (name)
Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), Italian born US nuclear physicist

lüfèi

旅费

[旅費]

travel expenses

shuìfèi

税费

[稅費]

tax; levy; duty

dīfèiyòng

低费用

[低費用]

low cost

fèichúnshé

费唇舌

[費唇舌]

to argue needlessly; to waste time explaining

Fèi'ěrmǎ

费尔马

[費爾馬]

Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665), French mathematician

fúwùfèi

服务费

[服務費]

service charge
cover charge

huǒshífèi

伙食费

[伙食費]

food expenses
board expenses
meals (cost)

gǎikǒufèi

改口费

[改口費]

a gift of money given by parents on both sides after a wedding, to their new daughter-in-law or son-in-law

xiāofèiqún

消费群

[消費群]

consumer group

guòlùfèi

过路费

[過路費]

toll (fee for using a road)

shàngménfèi

上门费

[上門費]

house call fee
callout fee

císòngfèi

词讼费

[詞訟費]

legal fees
costs (of a lawsuit)

fèizhōuzhé

费周折

[費周折]

to spend (much) effort
to go through (a lot of) trouble

fèijìnr

费劲儿

[費勁兒]

erhua variant of 費勁／费劲 (fèijìn)

qiānzìfèi

签字费

[簽字費]

signing bonus
sign-on bonus

jiāotōngfèi

交通费

[交通費]

transport costs

xiāofèishuì

消费税

[消費稅]

consumption tax
sales tax

yīliáofèi

医疗费

[醫療費]

medical expenses

yùshōufèi

预收费

[預收費]

prepayment

Fèi Xiàotōng

费孝通

[費孝通]

Fei Xiaotong (1910-2005), Chinese sociologist

chūchǎngfèi

出场费

[出場費]

appearance fee

xiāofèizhě

消费者

[消費者]

consumer

fèigōngfu

费工夫

[費工夫]

to spend a great deal of time and effort
(of a task) demanding
exacting

zhìzhuāngfèi

治装费

[治裝費]

expenses for 治裝／治装 (zhìzhuāng)

qiǎnsànfèi

遣散费

[遣散費]

severance pay

héjiěfèi

和解费

[和解費]

money settlement (fine or payment to end a legal dispute)

jiàngwēnfèi

降温费

[降溫費]

extra pay for hot weather

fèimǐzǐ

费米子

[費米子]

(physics) fermion

guǎnlǐfèi

管理费

[管理費]

management fee

shōufèizhàn

收费站

[收費站]

tollbooth

shǒuxùfèi

手续费

[手續費]

service charge
processing fee
commission

zhuǎnhuìfèi

转会费

[轉會費]

transfer fee
signing bonus
sign-on bonus

shēnghuófèi

生活费

[生活費]

cost of living
living expenses
alimony

wùyèfèi

物业费

[物業費]

property management fee

fēngkǒufèi

封口费

[封口費]

hush money

bàomíngfèi

报名费

[報名費]

registration fee

réngōngfèi

人工费

[人工費]

labor cost

kōngyùnfèi

空运费

[空運費]

air freight (cost of air transport)

dǔsèfèi

堵塞费

[堵塞費]

traffic congestion fee

yánwufèi

延误费

[延誤費]

demurrage (shipping)

jījiànfèi

机建费

[機建費]

airport construction fee (abbr. for 機場建設費／机场建设费)

rùchǎngfèi

入场费

[入場費]

admission fee

Fèidélè

费德勒

[費德勒]

Roger Federer (1981-), Swiss tennis star

shànyǎngfèi

赡养费

[贍養費]

alimony
child support
maintenance allowance

kāipíngfèi

开瓶费

[開瓶費]

corkage fee

shūtōngfèi

疏通费

[疏通費]

facilitation payment
bribe

bǎnmiànfèi

版面费

[版面費]

publishing fee; page charge

zhìzhuāngfèi

置装费

[置裝費]

variant of 治裝費／治装费 (zhìzhuāngfèi)

kāijiǔfèi

开酒费

[開酒費]

corkage fee

guānzhànfèi

关栈费

[關棧費]

bonding fee

hǎiyùnfèi

海运费

[海運費]

shipping
sea transport

fùfèiqiáng

付费墙

[付費牆]

(computing) paywall (loanword)

bǔchángfèi

补偿费

[補償費]

compensation

xiāofèiquàn

消费券

[消費券]

voucher; coupon

fèiluòméng

费洛蒙

[費洛蒙]

pheromone

diàndǐfèi

垫底费

[墊底費]

deductible (the part of an insurance claim paid by the insured)
(UK English) excess

bǎoxiǎnfèi

保险费

[保險費]

insurance fee

fùjiāfèi

附加费

[附加費]

surcharge

làngfèizhě

浪费者

[浪費者]

waster
wastrel
squanderer

Fèilújié

费卢杰

[費盧傑]

Fallujah, Iraqi city on Euphrates

zīqiǎnfèi

资遣费

[資遣費]

severance pay (Tw)

jiābānfèi

加班费

[加班費]

overtime pay

yǎnglùfèi

养路费

[養路費]

road maintenance tax (China)

wéichífèi

维持费

[維持費]

maintenance costs

Fèibiānshè

费边社

[費邊社]

Fabian Society

fèikǒushé

费口舌

[費口舌]

to argue needlessly; to waste time explaining

xiāofèipǐn

消费品

[消費品]

consumer goods

jiētōngfèi

接通费

[接通費]

connection charge

zhìqīfèi

滞期费

[滯期費]

demurrage charge (shipping) (currency)

sāngzàngfèi

丧葬费

[喪葬費]

funeral expenses

bùfèishì

不费事

[不費事]

not troublesome

chāilüfèi

差旅费

[差旅費]

business travel expenses

fǔyǎngfèi

抚养费

[撫養費]

child support payment (after a divorce)

huì'érbùfèi

惠而不费

[惠而不費]

a kind act that costs nothing

chāoqiánxiāofèi

超前消费

[超前消費]

excessive consumption; spending beyond one's means

sāngōngjīngfèi

三公经费

[三公經費]

"three public expenditures" of the PRC government, i.e. air travel, food and entertainment, and public vehicles

Fèijiāluóbào

费加罗报

[費加羅報]

Le Figaro

huīhuòlàngfèi

挥霍浪费

[揮霍浪費]

to spend extravagantly
to squander

Fèi'ěrgànnà

费尔干纳

[費爾干納]

the Ferghana Valley (in Uzbekistan, central Asia)

làngfèijīnqián

浪费金钱

[浪費金錢]

to squander money
to spend extravagantly

Pǔláifèi'ěr

普莱费尔

[普萊費爾]

Playfair (surname)

yòngrénjīngfèi

用人经费

[用人經費]

personnel expenditure (accountancy)

jīngyíngfèiyòng

经营费用

[經營費用]

business cost
business expense

Tènèilǐfèi

特内里费

[特內里費]

Tenerife

báifèichúnshé

白费唇舌

[白費唇舌]

to whistle down the wind
to waste one's breath (idiom)

jìshíshōufèi

计时收费

[計時收費]

time charge

Lè Hāfèi'ěr

勒哈费尔

[勒哈費爾]

Le Havre (French town)

gōngfèiyīliáo

公费医疗

[公費醫療]

medical treatment at public expense

chángtúhuàfèi

长途话费

[長途話費]

long distance call charge

xiāofèijīnróng

消费金融

[消費金融]

consumer finance

Fèi'ěrbāhā

费尔巴哈

[費爾巴哈]

Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872), materialist philosopher

xiāofèizīliào

消费资料

[消費資料]

consumption data
consumer goods

yùtífèiyòng

预提费用

[預提費用]

(accounting) accrued expense

dàfèizhōuzhāng

大费周章

[大費周章]

to take great pains
to go to a lot of trouble

fèijìnxīnjī

费尽心机

[費盡心機]

to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom)
to beat one's brains out

shàfèikǔxīn

煞费苦心

[煞費苦心]

to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking
at the cost of a lot of effort

miǎnfèiruǎnjiàn

免费软件

[免費軟件]

freeware

miǎnfèidāchē

免费搭车

[免費搭車]

free riding (economics)

háobùfèilì

毫不费力

[毫不費力]

effortless
not expending the slightest effort

jūnfèikāizhī

军费开支

[軍費開支]

military spending

fèirénsīsuǒ

费人思索

[費人思索]

to think oneself to exhaustion (idiom)

fèijìnxīnsi

费尽心思

[費盡心思]

to rack one's brains (idiom); to take great pains to think sth through

yùnchūyùnfèi

运出运费

[運出運費]

outward freight (accountancy)

Fèi'àoduō'ěr

费奥多尔

[費奧多爾]

Theodor of Fyodor (name)

pūzhānglàngfèi

铺张浪费

[鋪張浪費]

extravagance and waste (idiom)

sāngōngxiāofèi

三公消费

[三公消費]

see 三公經費／三公经费 (sāngōngjīngfèi)

Fèilìkèsī

费利克斯

[費利克斯]

Felix

Bǐlèfèi'ěrdé

比勒费尔德

[比勒費爾德]

Bielefeld (city in Germany)

xiāofèizhěbǎohù

消费者保护

[消費者保護]

consumer protection (law)

jiùyè'āndìngfèi

就业安定费

[就業安定費]

Employment Stability Fee (Taiwan), a minimum monthly fee for employing foreign workers

Sīkēfèi'ěr Fēng

斯科费尔峰

[斯科費爾峰]

Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England (978 m)

fèiyòngbàoxiāodān

费用报销单

[費用報銷單]

expense claim form

fèilìbùtǎohǎo

费力不讨好

[費力不討好]

arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding

Enlǐkē· Fèimǐ

恩里科·费米

[恩里科·費米]

Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), Italian born US nuclear physicist

Fèilādé'ěrfēiyà

费拉德尔菲亚

[費拉德爾菲亞]

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
abbr. to 費城／费城 ( Fèichéng)

Fèi'ěrgànnà Péndì

费尔干纳盆地

[費爾干納盆地]

the Ferghana Valley in modern Uzbekistan

xiāofèijiàgézhǐshù

消费价格指数

[消費價格指數]

consumer price index CPI

bùfèichuīhuīzhīlì

不费吹灰之力

[不費吹灰之力]

as easy as blowing off dust
effortless
with ease

Fèi'ěrmǎdàdìnglǐ

费尔马大定理

[費爾馬大定理]

Fermat's last theorem

diǎnjīfùfèiguǎnggào

点击付费广告

[點擊付費廣告]

pay-per-click advertising

duìfāngfùfèidiànhuà

对方付费电话

[對方付費電話]

collect call

Zhōngguó Xiāofèizhě Xiéhuì

中国消费者协会

[中國消費者協會]

China Consumers' Association (CCA)

jūmínxiāofèijiàgézhǐshù

居民消费价格指数

[居民消費價格指數]

consumer price index CPI

tàpòtiěxiéwúmìchù,déláiquánbùfèigōngfu

踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫

[踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫]

to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily