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Simplfied Chinese
浪费
Traditional Chinese
浪費
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
làng fèi
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
long6 fai3
Short definition to waste
Usage frequency Very common
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All available English definitions to wasteCdict iconAdso icon / to squanderCdict icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: to waste
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samemdbg
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: samecdic
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: to waste; to squander; dally; dally away; diddle; dissipate; dissipation; extravagancy; fribble; fritter; fritter away; frivol; improvidence; lavishment; misspend; piddle; piss away; prodigality; prodigalize; profligacy; profusion; putter; splurge on; uneconomic
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: to waste; to squander'
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Sentence examples
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(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)
不该(bù gāi) should not
浪费(làng fèi) to waste
你的(nǐde) your
时间(shí jiān) time

You shouldn't waste your time.

这样的(zhèyàng) this kind of
(huà) talk
我们( men) us
(huìkuài) will
浪费(làng fèi) to waste
很多时(hěn duō shí) often
(jiān jiàn jiàn) gap

In this way, we waste a lot of time.

(zuò) to do
(nà nā nā) Na
(shì) item
(shì) is
浪费(làng fèi) to waste
你的(nǐde) your
时间(shí jiān) time

Doing that is a waste of your time.

食物(shí wù) food
不该(bù gāi) should not
(bèi) quilt
浪费(làng fèi) to waste

Food shouldn't be wasted.

汤姆(tāng mǔ) Tom (name)
(bù) not
浪费(làng fèi) to waste
一点(yī diǎn) a bit
时间(shí jiān) time
不是(bú shì) is not
(me) small

Tom didn't waste any time, did he?

回顾(huí gù) to review
2 0 1 0
(nián) year
我认为(wǒrènwéi) I guess
(wǒ) I
浪费(làng fèi) to waste
太多(tài duō) too much
时间(shí jiān) time
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright

Looking back at 2010, I think I wasted too much time.

不要(bù yào) must not
(bà) stem
时间(shí jiān) time
浪费(làng fèi) to waste
(zài) (located) at
琐事(suǒ shì) trifle
(shàng) upper

Don't waste time on trifles.

没有(méi yǒu) not to have
时间(shí jiān) time
浪费(làng fèi) to waste

There is no time to be lost.

(mǎi) to purchase
这么(zhè me) so much
贵的(guìde)
机器(jī qì) machine
真是(zhēn shì) really is
浪费(làng fèi) to waste
而他( ér tā)
甚至不(shènzhìbù)
(zhī) to know
(dào) way
怎么(zěn me) how
用电脑( yòng diàn nǎo) to use the computer

What a waste to buy such an expensive machine even though he doesn't even know how to use computers.

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