phí hoài
Pronunciation
Northern
/fi˧˥ hwa̤ːj˨˩/
Central
/fḭ˩˧ hwaːj˧˧/
Southern
/fi˧˥ hwaːj˨˩/
Listen
waste
Verb
waste
1 senses
2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
waste
Core Actions
The act of using time, money, or resources in a useless way that yields no positive results.
vi Đừng phí hoài thời gian vào những việc vô bổ.
en Do not waste time on useless things.
Parts
phí / hoài / A compound of phí + hoài …
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Parts
phí / hoài / A compound of phí + hoài …
OriginA compound of phí + hoài
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
費懷
Candidates by syllable
phí
費（沸）
hoài
懷（淮）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
uổng phí / hoài phí / hư phí / phí …
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Similar
uổng phí / hoài phí / hư phí / phí …
Use
lãng phí / hoang phí / tiêu phí / chi phí …
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Use
lãng phí / hoang phí / tiêu phí / chi phí …