零花 (líng huā) — to spend on incidental or small expenses

Definition

零花 is a verb meaning to spend money on small, incidental things, and it also appears in the common collocation 零花钱 ('pocket money'). It is more colloquial than the general verb 花费.

verb

to spend on incidental or small expenses

Examples

零花。
Zhè xiē qián nǐ liú zhe líng huā ba.
Keep this money for your incidental expenses.
零花。
Tā měi gè yuè dōu líng huā diào bù shǎo qián.
He spends quite a bit on incidentals every month.
。
Mā ma gěi wǒ de líng huā qián wǒ dōu cún qǐ lái le.
I saved all the pocket money my mom gave me.

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