What does 浪费 mean in Chinese?

浪费 (làng fèi) means "to waste; to squander" in Chinese. It is an HSK Level 3 word.

How do you pronounce 浪费?

浪费 is pronounced "làng fèi" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 2 syllables.

浪费 is an HSK Level 3 word (HSK 2.0: Level 4, HSK 3.0: Level 3).

浪费 is made up of the characters 浪, 费. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.

You can practice writing 浪费 using our stroke order tool.

浪费

làng fèi

to waste; to squander

Traditional: 浪費

不要浪费时间。

Bú yào làngfèi shíjiān

Don't waste time

HSK 2.0: Level 4HSK 3.0: Level 3

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