揮霍

See also: 挥霍

Chinese

		scatter; wield; wipe away	quickly
trad. (揮霍)		揮	霍
simp. (挥霍)		挥	霍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huīhuò

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟㄏㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fai¹ fok³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hui-hok

(Teochew, Peng'im): hui¹ kag⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huīhuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟㄏㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hueihuò
  - Wade–Giles: hui¹-huo⁴
  - Yale: hwēi-hwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueihuoh
  - Palladius: хуэйхо (xuejxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fai¹ fok³
  - Yale: fāi fok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fai¹ fok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: fei¹ fog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯⁵⁵ fɔːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui-hok
  - Tâi-lô: hui-hok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hui'hog
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³ hɔk̚⁵/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hui¹ kag⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui khak
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³³⁻²³ kʰak̚²/

Middle Chinese: xjw+j xwak

Rime
Character	揮	霍
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	唐 (104)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	許歸切	虚郭切
Baxter	xjw+j	xwak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʉi/	/hwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɨi/	/hʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuəi/	/xuɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huj/	/hwak̚/
Li Rong	/xiuəi/	/xuɑk̚/
Wang Li	/xĭwəi/	/xuɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwe̯i/	/xwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huī	huo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai¹	fok³

Verb

揮霍

to spend freely; to squander

Synonyms

加了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
干了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
抖落 (dǒuluò)
折騰／折腾 (zhēteng) (colloquial)
拋荒／抛荒 (pāohuāng)
曠廢／旷废 (kuàngfèi)
枉費／枉费 (wǎngfèi)
浪費／浪费 (làngfèi)
無彩／无彩 (Hokkien)
白了 (Hokkien)
白白了 (Hokkien)
白費／白费 (báifèi)
空費／空费 (kōngfèi)
糟蹋 (zāotà)
耽誤／耽误 (chiefly time)
荒廢／荒废 (huāngfèi)
虛耗／虚耗 (xūhào)
靡費／靡费 (mífèi) (formal)

Derived terms

揮霍無度／挥霍无度 (huīhuòwúdù)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (揮霍):

→ Vietnamese: huy hoắc (揮霍)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
揮	霍

Verb

揮霍

chữ Hán form of huy hoắc (“to squander; to spend wastefully”).

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