"費事" meaning in Chinese

See 費事 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /fɐi̯³³ siː²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sɯ¹¹/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ su¹¹/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/, /feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/, /fɐi̯³³ siː²²/, /hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sɯ¹¹/, /hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ su¹¹/ Chinese transliterations: fèishì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄈㄟˋ ㄕˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], fai³ si⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hui³ se⁷, hui³ su⁷, fèishì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], fèishìh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], fei⁴-shih⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], fèi-shr̀ [Mandarin, Yale], feyshyh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], фэйши [Mandarin, Palladius], fɛjši [Mandarin, Palladius], fèishìr [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄈㄟˋ ㄕˋㄦ [Mandarin, bopomofo], fèishìhr [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], fei⁴-shih⁴-ʼrh [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], fèi-shìr [Mandarin, Yale], feyshell [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], фэйшир [Mandarin, Palladius], fɛjšir [Mandarin, Palladius], fai sih [Cantonese, Yale], fai³ si⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], fei³ xi⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], hui³ se⁷ [Peng'im, Teochew], hui³ su⁷ [Peng'im, Teochew], hùi sṳ̄ [POJ, Teochew], hùi sū [POJ, Teochew]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 費事
  1. time-consuming; troublesome; involving a hassle
    Sense id: en-費事-zh-adj-BrfHWjjQ Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 67 8 17 8 Synonyms: 傷腦 (shāngnǎo) [informal], 伤脑 (shāngnǎo) [informal], 傷腦筋 (shāng nǎojīn) [informal], 伤脑筋 (shāng nǎojīn) [informal], 刺手 (cìshǒu), 囉嗦 (luōsuo), 啰嗦 (luōsuo), 扎手 (zhāshǒu), 棘手 (jíshǒu), 歹紡 [Hokkien, Taiwanese-Hokkien, Xiamen], 歹纺 [Hokkien, Taiwanese-Hokkien, Xiamen], 歹辦 [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Xiamen], 歹办 [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Xiamen], 䆀紡 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 䆀纺 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 䆀辦 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 䆀办 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 累贅, 累赘, 纏手 (chánshǒu) [figuratively], 缠手 (chánshǒu) [figuratively], 辣手 (làshǒu), 鑿手 [Hokkien], 凿手 [Hokkien], 難辦 (nánbàn), 难办 (nánbàn), 麻煩 (máfan), 麻烦 (máfan)

Verb

IPA: /feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /fɐi̯³³ siː²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sɯ¹¹/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ su¹¹/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/, /feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/, /fɐi̯³³ siː²²/, /hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sɯ¹¹/, /hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ su¹¹/ Chinese transliterations: fèishì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄈㄟˋ ㄕˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], fai³ si⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hui³ se⁷, hui³ su⁷, fèishì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], fèishìh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], fei⁴-shih⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], fèi-shr̀ [Mandarin, Yale], feyshyh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], фэйши [Mandarin, Palladius], fɛjši [Mandarin, Palladius], fèishìr [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄈㄟˋ ㄕˋㄦ [Mandarin, bopomofo], fèishìhr [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], fei⁴-shih⁴-ʼrh [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], fèi-shìr [Mandarin, Yale], feyshell [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], фэйшир [Mandarin, Palladius], fɛjšir [Mandarin, Palladius], fai sih [Cantonese, Yale], fai³ si⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], fei³ xi⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], hui³ se⁷ [Peng'im, Teochew], hui³ su⁷ [Peng'im, Teochew], hùi sṳ̄ [POJ, Teochew], hùi sū [POJ, Teochew]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 費事
  1. to take a lot of trouble to do something
    Sense id: en-費事-zh-verb-FHecTo1Q
  2. (Cantonese) to not feel like doing something; to not bother to do something Tags: Cantonese
    Sense id: en-費事-zh-verb-s7AZenRF Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese
  3. (Cantonese) to avoid Tags: Cantonese Synonyms (to avoid): 免得
    Sense id: en-費事-zh-verb-pI59IyuX Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese Disambiguation of 'to avoid': 1 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 不用費事, 不用费事

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      "word": "不用費事"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "不用费事"
    }
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to take a lot of trouble to do something"
      ],
      "id": "en-費事-zh-verb-FHecTo1Q",
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "a lot of",
          "a lot of"
        ],
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "費事睬你!/费事睬你! [Cantonese] ― fai³ si⁶ coi² nei⁵! [Jyutping] ― I couldn't care less about you!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to not feel like doing something; to not bother to do something"
      ],
      "id": "en-費事-zh-verb-s7AZenRF",
      "links": [
        [
          "feel like",
          "feel like"
        ],
        [
          "bother",
          "bother"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) to not feel like doing something; to not bother to do something"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Here, I'm returning you the money, so that I don't owe you any longer.",
          "ref": "嗱,還返筆錢畀你,費事爭你咁耐啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "嗱,还返笔钱畀你,费事争你咁耐啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]\nnaa⁴, waan⁴ faan¹ bat¹ cin⁴ bei² nei⁵, fai³ si⁶ caang¹ nei⁵ gam³ noi⁶ laa¹. [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to avoid"
      ],
      "id": "en-費事-zh-verb-pI59IyuX",
      "links": [
        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) to avoid"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 98",
          "sense": "to avoid",
          "word": "免得"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèishì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄟˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fai³ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hui³ se⁷"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hui³ su⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèishì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèishìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fei⁴-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèi-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "feyshyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "фэйши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fɛjši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèishìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄟˋ ㄕˋㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèishìhr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fei⁴-shih⁴-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèi-shìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "feyshell"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "фэйшир"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fɛjšir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fai sih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fai³ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fei³ xi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɐi̯³³ siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hui³ se⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hui³ su⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùi sṳ̄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùi sū"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sɯ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ su¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɐi̯³³ siː²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sɯ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ su¹¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "費事"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "費事",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "67 8 17 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Doing it this way is too troublesome - it would be better to try another way.",
          "ref": "這麼做太費事,不如換個方法。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "这么做太费事,不如换个方法。 [MSC, simp.]\nZhème zuò tài fèishì, bùrú huàn ge fāngfǎ. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "time-consuming; troublesome; involving a hassle"
      ],
      "id": "en-費事-zh-adj-BrfHWjjQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "time-consuming",
          "time-consuming"
        ],
        [
          "troublesome",
          "troublesome"
        ],
        [
          "involving",
          "involve"
        ],
        [
          "hassle",
          "hassle"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "shāngnǎo",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "傷腦"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shāngnǎo",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "伤脑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shāng nǎojīn",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "傷腦筋"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shāng nǎojīn",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "伤脑筋"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cìshǒu",
          "word": "刺手"
        },
        {
          "roman": "luōsuo",
          "word": "囉嗦"
        },
        {
          "roman": "luōsuo",
          "word": "啰嗦"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhāshǒu",
          "word": "扎手"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jíshǒu",
          "word": "棘手"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Taiwanese-Hokkien",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "歹紡"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Taiwanese-Hokkien",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "歹纺"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Quanzhou",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "歹辦"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Quanzhou",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "歹办"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "䆀紡"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "䆀纺"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "䆀辦"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "䆀办"
        },
        {
          "word": "累贅"
        },
        {
          "word": "累赘"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chánshǒu",
          "tags": [
            "figuratively"
          ],
          "word": "纏手"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chánshǒu",
          "tags": [
            "figuratively"
          ],
          "word": "缠手"
        },
        {
          "roman": "làshǒu",
          "word": "辣手"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "鑿手"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "凿手"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nánbàn",
          "word": "難辦"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nánbàn",
          "word": "难办"
        },
        {
          "roman": "máfan",
          "word": "麻煩"
        },
        {
          "roman": "máfan",
          "word": "麻烦"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèishì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄟˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fai³ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hui³ se⁷"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hui³ su⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèishì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèishìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fei⁴-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèi-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "feyshyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "фэйши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fɛjši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèishìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄟˋ ㄕˋㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèishìhr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fei⁴-shih⁴-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèi-shìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "feyshell"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "фэйшир"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fɛjšir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fai sih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fai³ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fei³ xi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɐi̯³³ siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hui³ se⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hui³ su⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùi sṳ̄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùi sū"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sɯ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ su¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɐi̯³³ siː²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sɯ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ su¹¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "費事"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "不用費事"
    },
    {
      "word": "不用费事"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "費事",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to take a lot of trouble to do something"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
          "take"
        ],
        [
          "a lot of",
          "a lot of"
        ],
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese Chinese",
        "Cantonese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "費事睬你!/费事睬你! [Cantonese] ― fai³ si⁶ coi² nei⁵! [Jyutping] ― I couldn't care less about you!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to not feel like doing something; to not bother to do something"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feel like",
          "feel like"
        ],
        [
          "bother",
          "bother"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) to not feel like doing something; to not bother to do something"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese Chinese",
        "Cantonese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Here, I'm returning you the money, so that I don't owe you any longer.",
          "ref": "嗱,還返筆錢畀你,費事爭你咁耐啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "嗱,还返笔钱畀你,费事争你咁耐啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]\nnaa⁴, waan⁴ faan¹ bat¹ cin⁴ bei² nei⁵, fai³ si⁶ caang¹ nei⁵ gam³ noi⁶ laa¹. [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to avoid"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) to avoid"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèishì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄟˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fai³ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hui³ se⁷"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hui³ su⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèishì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèishìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fei⁴-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèi-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "feyshyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "фэйши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fɛjši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèishìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄟˋ ㄕˋㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèishìhr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fei⁴-shih⁴-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèi-shìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "feyshell"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "фэйшир"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fɛjšir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fai sih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fai³ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fei³ xi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɐi̯³³ siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hui³ se⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hui³ su⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùi sṳ̄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùi sū"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sɯ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ su¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɐi̯³³ siː²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sɯ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ su¹¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to avoid",
      "word": "免得"
    }
  ],
  "word": "費事"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "費事",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Doing it this way is too troublesome - it would be better to try another way.",
          "ref": "這麼做太費事,不如換個方法。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "这么做太费事,不如换个方法。 [MSC, simp.]\nZhème zuò tài fèishì, bùrú huàn ge fāngfǎ. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "time-consuming; troublesome; involving a hassle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "time-consuming",
          "time-consuming"
        ],
        [
          "troublesome",
          "troublesome"
        ],
        [
          "involving",
          "involve"
        ],
        [
          "hassle",
          "hassle"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèishì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄟˋ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fai³ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hui³ se⁷"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hui³ su⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèishì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèishìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fei⁴-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèi-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "feyshyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "фэйши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fɛjši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèishìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄟˋ ㄕˋㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèishìhr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fei⁴-shih⁴-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèi-shìr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "feyshell"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "фэйшир"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fɛjšir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fai sih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fai³ si⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fei³ xi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɐi̯³³ siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hui³ se⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hui³ su⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùi sṳ̄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hùi sū"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sɯ¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ su¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɐi̯³³ siː²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sɯ¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ su¹¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shāngnǎo",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "傷腦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shāngnǎo",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "伤脑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shāng nǎojīn",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "傷腦筋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shāng nǎojīn",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "伤脑筋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cìshǒu",
      "word": "刺手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luōsuo",
      "word": "囉嗦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luōsuo",
      "word": "啰嗦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhāshǒu",
      "word": "扎手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jíshǒu",
      "word": "棘手"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "歹紡"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "歹纺"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "歹辦"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "歹办"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "䆀紡"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "䆀纺"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "䆀辦"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "䆀办"
    },
    {
      "word": "累贅"
    },
    {
      "word": "累赘"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chánshǒu",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "纏手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chánshǒu",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "缠手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "làshǒu",
      "word": "辣手"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "鑿手"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "凿手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nánbàn",
      "word": "難辦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nánbàn",
      "word": "难办"
    },
    {
      "roman": "máfan",
      "word": "麻煩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "máfan",
      "word": "麻烦"
    }
  ],
  "word": "費事"
}
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