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路费 (lù fèi) — travel expenses

Definition

路费 is the cost of traveling on a trip — transport, tickets, fuel — not lodging or meals. It is a concrete compound (路 'road' + 费 'fee') commonly paired with 报销, 算, and 交通费.

noun
travel expenses

Examples

  • 路费。
    Zhè cì lǚ xíng de lù fèi hěn gāo.
    The travel expenses for this trip are high.
  • 路费。
    Gōng sī bào xiāo le wǒ de lù fèi.
    The company reimbursed my travel expenses.
  • 路费。
    lù fèi Bāo kuò jī piào hé jiǔ diàn.
    Travel expenses include airfare and hotel.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

路lùtravel
费fèiexpense

路 (travel) and 费 (expense) form money spent on a journey.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
足足zú
Sound part声符shēngfú
各
各gè路lù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

路 combines 足, a foot, with 各, which supplies the sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 費; 费 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèicowry
Sound part声符shēngfú
弗
弗fú費fèi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 費 has 貝, a cowry shell, and 弗, which gives a sound; the simplified 费 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the original pieces.

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Appears in
Travel & Tourism

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