HSK 6 · Money

经费 jīngfèi “funds” in Chinese

Traditional 經費

What 经费 means

  1. funds
  2. budget
  3. expenses
  4. expenditure

Measure word 笔 bǐ · 一笔经费 yì bǐ jīngfèi

How to say 经费

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale经jīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale费fèi4th tone, falling

经费 in a sentence

  1. 我们的研究经费不够了。

    Wǒmen de yánjiū jīngfèi búgòu le.

    We’ve run short of research funding.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 学校给每个社团都有一些活动经费。

    Xuéxiào gěi měi ge shètuán dōu yǒu yìxiē huódòng jīngfèi.

    The school gives every club some money for activities.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 经费 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 经 (jīng) drawn as one shape
经jīngclassics

经 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidSilk 纟: the threads that run lengthwise on a loom. From there, to pass through.

The character 费 (fèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
费fèito cost
  • 弗not · fúSound part
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 弗 (fú) hints at the sound. Compare it with fèi.

How to write 经费

经 8 strokes · 费 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

经费 (jīngfèi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 经费 (jīngfèi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 经费

Words with 经

已经yǐjīng · already经常jīngcháng · often经过jīngguò · to pass经理jīnglǐ · manager经济jīngjì · economy经历jīnglì · experience经验jīngyàn · experience曾经céngjīng · once经典jīngdiǎn · classic经营jīngyíng · to run (a business)

Words with 费

浪费làngfèi · to waste免费miǎnfèi · free (of charge)消费xiāofèi · to consume耗费hàofèi · to consume

More words: Money & Economy

交易jiāoyì · transaction结算jiésuàn · to settle accounts基金jījīn · fund精打细算jīngdǎxìsuàn · careful budgeting金融jīnróng · finance集团jítuán · group开支kāizhī · expenses亏损kuīsǔn · loss (financial)

FAQs

经费 (jīngfèi) means “funds” or “budget”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jīngfèi: jīng with a 1st tone, then fèi with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 经费 is written 經費. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 笔 (bǐ). For example, one funds is 一笔经费 (yì bǐ jīngfèi).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jingfei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 经费 from the suggestions. Typing jingfei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
经费 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.