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Chinese symbol for “gratuity”

小费
xiǎo fèi
Traditional: 小費
tip; gratuity

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gratuity is 小费 (xiǎo fèi), defined as: tip; gratuity.

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

小 xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
radical 42 ⼩ · 3 strokes
费 fèi
expenses, fees; to cost, to spend; wasteful
radical 154 ⾙ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “gratuity”

WordPinyinMeaning
赏钱 (賞錢)shǎng qiantip; gratuity

Related words

Other words that share a character with 小费.

WordPinyinMeaning
小时 (小時)xiǎo shíhour
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
小学 (小學)xiǎo xuéelementary school; primary school
小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss
小组 (小組)xiǎo zǔgroup
小孩xiǎo háichild; 个 (gè)
免费 (免費)miǎn fèifree (of charge)
消费 (消費)xiāo fèito consume (goods and services, resources etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “gratuity”.

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.

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