Chinese symbol for “expense”
花费
huā fèi
Traditional: 花費
expense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure
The closest CC-CEDICT match for expense is 花费 (huā fèi), defined as: expense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “expense”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using |
| 用度 | yòng dù | expense |
| 费用 (費用) | fèi yòng | cost; expenditure |
| 资 (資) | zī | resources; capital |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 花费.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 花园 (花園) | huā yuán | garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 花钱 (花錢) | huā qián | to spend money |
| 棉花 | mián hua | cotton |
| 鲜花 (鮮花) | xiān huā | flower; fresh flowers |
| 桃花 | táo huā | peach blossom; (fig.) love affair |
| 免费 (免費) | miǎn fèi | free (of charge) |
| 消费 (消費) | xiāo fèi | to consume (goods and services, resources etc) |
| 费用 (費用) | fèi yòng | cost; expenditure |
See also: Japanese symbol for “expense”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.