The cost of living has risen.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
生活费
cost of living
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
cost of living
02
living expenses
03
alimony
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 生活费 actually appears in real sentences.
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The cost of living has risen.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 生活费.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 生活费.
Directly before
- 的生活费1
Directly after
- 生活费升高1
- 生活费提高1
- 生活费变多1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 生活费
What does 生活费 mean in Chinese?
生活费 (shēnghuófèi) means cost of living.
How do you pronounce 生活费?
生活费 is pronounced shēnghuófèi.
Is 生活费 an HSK word?
生活费 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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