WASTE    浪費耗

EXHAUST UNRESTRAINEDLY, LACKING A GOOD AIM.
SQUANDERMISSPENDMISUSEFRITTER AWAYTHROW AWAYLAVISHDISSIPATETHROW AROUNDINFORMAL BLOWSPLURGE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for habitual wastefulness is hào 耗 (ant. liǎn 斂 "economical, parsimonious"). 2. Fèi 費 (ant. jié 節 "be economical in the use of resources") refers specifically to single acts of wastefulness. 3. Fèi 廢 (ant. cún 存 "keep and avoid spending") refers to an inclination to use large sums without necessarily indicating that such large expenditure is wasteful. 4. Kuàng 曠 "waste" (ant. xī 惜 "make sparing use of") is limited to the combination kuàng rì 曠日 "waste time" (ant. shěng shí 省時 "save time" seems late).
Modern Chinese Criteria
白費 枉費 空費 空耗 浪費 鋪張 奢靡 奢華 糜費 糜麗 侈糜 揮霍 撒漫 濫用 糟蹋 亂用 鋪張浪費 窮奢極侈 驕奢淫逸 大手大腳 一擲千金 千金一擲 揮金如土 揮霍無度 暴殄天物 大吃大喝 花天酒地 紙醉金迷 金迷紙醉 燈紅酒綠 醉生夢死 食日萬錢 食前方丈 卜晝卜夜 俾晝作夜 象箸玉杯 酒池肉林 錦衣玉食 侯服玉食 鐘鳴鼎食 乘堅策肥 結駟連騎 裘馬輕肥 輕裘肥馬 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • EXTRAVAGANT　WASTE:wasteful so as to OFTEN EXCESSIVELY USE PROPERTY OR MONEY FOR AMUSEMENT. (anc: 16/0, child: 0)
Hypernym
  • EXHAUST　USE so as to CAUSE NONE to CONTINUE to EXIST. (anc: 14/0, child: 1)
  • USE　INTERACT with FOR one's SELF:own AIMS. (anc: 13/0, child: 5)
  • INTERACT　ACT so as to CAUSE ANOTHER TO REACT. (anc: 12/0, child: 14)
  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 137

  • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 284

    • Words (10 items)

    費  fèi OC: phɯds MC: phɨi 9 Attributions

    Fèi 費 (ant. jié 節 "be economical in the use of resources") refers specifically to single acts of wastefulness.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 儉/FRUGAL The current general word for the virtue of parsimony is jiǎn 儉 (ant. shē 奢 "extravagant in the use of resources").
    • Ant: 省/FRUGAL The neutral terms for thrift are shěng 省 (ant. fèi 費 "spend freely"), jiǎn 簡, and yuē 約.
    • Object: 神/SOUL Shén 神 is primarily a subtle physical substance which gives man his spiritual dimension (ant. xíng 形 "body")), and the body xíngtǐ 形體 is the abode shè 舍 of the soul.

      Syntactic words
    • nabacta waste; the fact of something being wasted; luxuriousness, reckless use of resources
    • vibe a waste of time
    • viactbe lavish or lavish; be luxurious or extravagant in one's expenditure
    • vtoNwaste in one go, spend money suddenly and on a large scale
    耗  hào OC: hmoows MC: hɑu 4 Attributions

    The current general word for habitual wastefulness is hào 耗 (ant. liǎn 斂 "economical, parsimonious").

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNwaste gradually in a long process; be wasteful with
    • vtoNpassiveget wasted
    荒  huāng OC: hmaaŋ MC: hɑŋ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabstatestate of being wastedDS
    • vtoNto waste; neglect
    • vtoNpassivebe wasted; be neglected
    薛越  xuē yuè MC: sjet hjwot OC: sŋed ɢʷad 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPiwastefulLZ
    • VPtoNwasteLZ
    廢  fèi OC: pods MC: pi̯ɐi 2 Attributions

    Fèi 廢 (ant. cún 存 "keep and avoid spending") refers to an inclination to use large sums without necessarily indicating that such large expenditure is wasteful.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactbeing wastefulDS
    • viactbe wasteful
    虧  kuī MC: khjwe OC: khʷral 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpassiveget wasted awayCH
    遣  qiǎn OC: khenʔ MC: khiɛn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNwaste, fritter away
    捿遲  qi1 chí MC: -- drij OC: -- rlil 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNsquanderLZ
    棲遲  qī chí MC: sej drij OC: -- rlil 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPisquander things, behave wastefullyLZ
    曠  kuàng OC: khʷaaŋs MC: khɑŋ 0 Attributions

    Kuàng 曠"waste" (ant. xī 惜 "make sparing use of") is limited to the combination kuàng rì 曠日"waste time" (ant. shěng shí 省時 "save time" seems late).

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNwaste (time) ZGC 曠日"waste time"