浪费

Character by character

• 浪làng10 strokesHSK 3wave; wasteful, reckless
• 费fèi9 strokesHSK 3 traditional 費expenses, expenditures, fee

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 这是浪费时间。

  Zhè shì làng fèi shí jiān

  It's a waste of time.

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• 你在浪费我们时间。

  Nǐ zài làng fèi wǒ men shí jiān

  You're wasting our time.

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• 你不该浪费你的时间。

  Nǐ bù gāi làng fèi nǐ de shí jiān

  You should not waste your time.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 浪费. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 免费miǎn fèiHSK 4

  free (of charge)

• 费fèiHSK 3

  to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses

• 费用fèi yòngHSK 3

  cost; expenditure; expense

• 浪漫làng mànHSK 5

  romantic

• 收费shōu fèiHSK 3

  to charge a fee

• 浪làngHSK 7

  wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble

• 消费xiāo fèiHSK 3

  to consume; to spend

• 花费huā fèiHSK 6

  expense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure

• 学费xué fèiHSK 3

  tuition fee; tuition

• 流浪liú làngHSK 7

  to drift about; to wander; to roam; nomadic; homeless; unsettled (e.g. population); vagrant

• 经费jīng fèiHSK 5

  funds; expenditure

• 消费者xiāo fèi zhěHSK 5

  consumer

• 付费fù fèiHSK 7

  to pay; to cover the costs

• 冲浪chōng làngHSK 7

  to surf; surfing

• 海浪hǎi làngHSK 6

  sea wave

• 生活费shēng huó fèiHSK 6

  cost of living; living expenses; alimony

• 耗费hào fèiHSK 7

  to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander

• 费劲fèi jìnHSK 7

  to require effort; strenuous

• 波浪bō làngHSK 6

  wave

• 缴费jiǎo fèiHSK 7

  to pay a fee

• 小费xiǎo fèiHSK 6

  tip; gratuity

• 风浪fēng làngHSK 7

  wind and waves; rough waters; (fig.) hardship

• 手续费shǒu xù fèiHSK 6

  service charge; processing fee; commission

• 话费huà fèiHSK 7

  call charge