費	375C00   22.80	部居	畫數  12	ㄈㄟˋ [fei4]  (*ㄅㄧˋ [bi4] ).
N	(1)  Fees, expense(s), expenditure: usu. 費用 [fei4yong4]↓; 雜費 sundry expenses; 學費 school fees; 車馬費 honorarium for transportation and entertainment expenses; 經費 expenses (very big, etc.), budget for expenditure (inadequate); 每年經費 annual budget, expenditure; 免費 free of charge. (2)  (*[bi4]) Name of place: 費縣. (3)  A surname.
v	Cost, waste, take a lot of (time, energy) to do: 費工夫，費時 takes a lot of work, time; 費力 [fei4li4]↓; 費力不討好 a thankless task; 費了九牛二虎之力 takes a tremendous lot of work to do; 費財 waste a lot of money; 費心機 takes a lot of thinking; 費商量 requires a lot of discussion; 費脣舌 waste a lot of words; 費手腳 troublesome to do; 費解 difficult to explain (takes a lot to); 枉費（心思，氣力） waste to no purpose; 耗費，浪費 waste or spend extravagantly; 白費 to labor in vain; 破費 (court.) cost (you) money (to provide dinner, etc.).
Words	1.費勁（兒） [fei4jin4]([fei4jie4er0]), adj. & adv., difficult, (ly), requiring a lot of effort.  2.費力 [fei4li4], adj., hard to tackle, requiring work, energy.  3.費神（心） [fei4shen2]([fei4xin1]), adj., (1)  requiring attention; (2)  formula for thanking beforehand in making request: 費神（心）得很 I thank you beforehand.  4.費事 [fei4shi4], adj., troublesome, takes doing.  5.費菜 [fei4cai4], n., (bot.) Sedum kamtschficum.  6.費用 [fei4yong4], n., expenses.