生活費

See also: 生活费

Chinese

		life; livelihood	to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname
trad. (生活費)		生活	費
simp. (生活费)		生活	费

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēnghuófèi

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ wut⁶ fai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēnghuófèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shenghuófèi
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-huo²-fei⁴
  - Yale: shēng-hwó-fèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenghwofey
  - Palladius: шэнхофэй (šɛnxofɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ wut⁶ fai³
  - Yale: sāng wuht fai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ wut⁹ fai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ wud⁶ fei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ wuːt̚² fɐi̯³³/

Noun

生活費

cost of living; living expenses

Synonyms

消費 / 消费 (xiāofèi)
生活成本 (shēnghuó chéngběn)
生活費用 / 生活费用 (shēnghuó fèiyòng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	活	費
せい Grade: 1	かつ Grade: 2	ひ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

By surface analysis, 生活(せいかつ) (seikatsu) + 費(ひ) (-hi).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーかつひ [sèékátsúꜜhì] (Nakadaka – [4])
(Tokyo) せーかつひ [sèékáꜜtsùhì] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [se̞ːka̠t͡sɨ̥çi]

Noun

生(せい)活(かつ)費(ひ) • (seikatsuhi)

cost of living, living expenses