Spend in Chinese
to spend · HSK 5
消费
- 消 to disappear
- 费 fee
年轻人越来越喜欢在网上消费。 Young people increasingly like to spend money online.
Other ways to say spend
More words with 消 or 费
How do you say spend in Chinese?
Spend in Chinese is 消费 (xiāo fèi). You can also say 花费 (huā fèi), 支出 (zhī chū), 过 (guò), 花 (huā).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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