"To waste" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 浪费 | làng fèi | to waste / to squander |   |
| 耗费 | hào fèi | to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander | |
| 糟蹋 | zāo tà | to waste / to spoil / to ruin / to wreck / to insult / to humiliate / to defile (a woman) / to rape / also pr. [zao1ta5] | |
| 白费 | bái fèi | to waste (one's energy etc) | |
| 花掉 | huā diào | to spend (time, money) / to waste | |
| 枉费 | wǎng fèi | to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc) / to try in vain | |
| 耗损 | hào sǔn | to waste | |
| 贻误 | yí wù | to affect adversely / to delay or hinder / to waste (an opportunity) / to mislead | |
| 糟践 | zāo jian | to waste / to spoil / to destroy / to insult grievously | |
| 耗 |  hào | to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander / news / (coll.) to delay / to dilly-dally | |
| 旷 | kuàng | to neglect / to skip (class or work) / to waste (time) / vast / loose-fitting | |
| 靡 | mí | to waste (money) | |
| 糜 | mí | rice gruel / rotten / to waste (money) | |
| 嘥 | sāi | to waste (Cantonese) | |
| 抛费 | pāo fèi | to waste / to squander | |
| 旷废 | kuàng fèi | to neglect (work) / to waste (one's talents) | |
| 旷费 | kuàng fèi | to waste / to squander | |
| 靡费 | mí fèi | to waste / to squander | |
| 白瞎 | bái xiā | (dialect) to waste (effort, money etc) | |
