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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 白费

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
白费 bái fèi - to waste (one's energy etc)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 7,818 22,016 14,069

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
bái- surname Bai
bái- white
- snowy
- pure
- bright
- empty
- blank
- plain
- clear
- to make clear
- in vain
- gratuitous
- free of charge
- reactionary
- anti-communist
- funeral
- to stare coldly
- to write wrong character
- to state
- to explain
- vernacular
- spoken lines in opera
fèi- surname Fei
fèi- to cost
- to spend
- fee
- wasteful
- expenses

Other Words Containing 白费

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
白费 - - 7,818 22,016 14,069