水 shuǐ water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment syn 代价 代價 dài jià price / cost / consideration (in share dealing) 费用 費用 fèi yòng cost / expenditure / expense / CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4] syn 花费 花費 huā fèi expense / cost / to spend (time or money) / expenditure syn 廉价 廉價 lián jià cheaply-priced / low-cost syn 分担 分擔 fēn dān to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility) syn 划算 huá suàn to calculate / to weigh (pros and cons) / to view as profitable / worthwhile / value for money / cost-effective syn 不菲 bù fěi considerable (cost etc) / bountiful (crop etc) / high (social status etc) syn 生活费 生活費 shēng huó fèi cost of living / living expenses / alimony syn 无偿 無償 wú cháng free / no charge / at no cost syn 抛售 拋售 pāo shòu to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home) syn 达卡 達卡 dá kǎ Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh / (Tw) Dakar, capital of Senegal 转嫁 轉嫁 zhuǎn jià to remarry (of widow) / to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc) / to transfer (blame, guilt) / to pass the buck syn 房价 房價 fáng jià house price / cost of housing 煞费苦心 煞費苦心 shà fèi kǔ xīn to take a lot of trouble (idiom) / painstaking / at the cost of a lot of effort syn 伙食费 伙食費 huǒ shí fèi food expenses / board expenses / meals (cost) syn 耗资 耗資 hào zī to spend / expenditure / to cost 造价 造價 zào jià construction cost 运价 運價 yùn jià fare / transport cost 价款 價款 jià kuǎn cost 性价比 性價比 xìng jià bǐ cost-performance ratio 低成本 dī chéng běn low cost / inexpensive 要花 yào huā cost; 成本核算 chéng běn hé suàn cost accounting 验资 驗資 yàn zī capital verification / certification of registered capital 不划算 bù huá suàn it isn't worth it / not cost-effective / not profitable / too expensive 物流成本 wù liú chéng běn logistic cost 人工费 人工費 rén gōng fèi labor cost 成本会计 成本會計 chéng běn kuài jì cost accounting syn 实收资本 實收資本 shí shōu zī běn paid-in capital / contributed capital (finance) 资本积累 資本積累 capital accumulation / accumulation of capital 故都 gù dū former capital / ancient capital syn 人工成本 rén gōng chéng běn labour cost 误工费 誤工費 wù gōng fèi cost of lost labor 陪都 péi dū provisional capital of a country (e.g. in time of war) / secondary capital / alternative capital 费 費 fèi to cost / to spend / fee / wasteful / expenses syn 都 dū capital city / metropolis syn 本 běn (bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc syn 伦敦 倫敦 lún dūn London, capital of United Kingdom 华盛顿 華盛頓 huá shèng dùn Washington (name) / George Washington (1732-1799), first US president / Washington, US State / Washington, D.C. (US federal capital) 巴黎 bā lí Paris, capital of France 罗马 羅馬 luó mǎ Rome, capital of Italy 死刑 sǐ xíng death penalty / capital punishment syn 波士顿 波士頓 bō shì dùn Boston, capital of Massachusetts 资金 資金 zī jīn funds / capital syn 东京 東京 dōng jīng Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period) 柏林 bó lín Berlin, capital of Germany 汉城 漢城 hàn chéng Hanseong, former name of Seoul (capital of South Korea), replaced in 2005 with 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3] 维多利亚 維多利亞 wéi duō lì yà (name) Victoria / (place name) Victoria (capital of the Seychelles, southeastern state in Australia etc) 亚伦 亞倫 yà lún Aaron (name) / Yaren, capital of Nauru 莫斯科 mò sī kē Moscow, capital of Russia 首都 shǒu dū capital (city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 圣地亚哥 聖地亞哥 shèng dì yà gē Santiago, capital of Chile / San Diego, California 阿姆斯特丹 ā mǔ sī tè dān Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands 巴库 巴庫 bā kù Baku, capital of Azerbaijan 布拉格 bù lā gé Prague, capital of Czech Republic 维也纳 維也納 wéi yě nà Vienna, capital of Austria 北京 běi jīng Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to 京[Jing1]) syn 巴格达 巴格達 bā gé dá Baghdad, capital of Iraq 伯恩 bó ēn Bern or Berne, capital of Switzerland (Tw) 首府 shǒu fǔ capital city of an autonomous region syn 盐湖城 鹽湖城 yán hú chéng Salt Lake City, capital of Utah 马德里 馬德里 mǎ dé lǐ Madrid, capital of Spain 哈瓦那 hā wǎ nà Havana, capital of Cuba 资 資 zī resources / capital / to provide / to supply / to support / money / expense syn 资本 資本 zī běn capital (economics) syn 慕尼黑 mù ní hēi München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany 里加 lǐ jiā Riga, capital of Latvia 悉尼 xī ní Sydney, capital of New South Wales, Australia 曼谷 màn gǔ Bangkok, capital of Thailand 墨西哥城 mò xī gē chéng Mexico City, capital of Mexico 南京 nán jīng see 南京市[Nan2jing1 Shi4] / Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368-1421) and of the Republic of China (1927-1937 and 1946-1949) 哥伦布 哥倫布 gē lún bù Cristóbal Colón or Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) / Columbus, capital of Ohio 开罗 開羅 kāi luó Cairo, capital of Egypt 平壤 píng rǎng Pyongyang, capital of North Korea 德里 dé lǐ Delhi / New Delhi, capital of India / same as 新德里[Xin1 De2 li3] 达尔文 達爾文 dá ěr wén Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist, author of "On the Origin of Species" 物種起源|物种起源[Wu3zhong3 Qi3yuan2] / Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory (Australia) 亚美尼亚 亞美尼亞 yà měi ní yà Armenia, capital Yerevan 埃里溫|埃里温[Ai1 li3 wen1] 斯德哥尔摩 斯德哥爾摩 sī dé gē ěr mó Stockholm, capital of Sweden 布达佩斯 布達佩斯 bù dá pèi sī Budapest, capital of Hungary 多伦多 多倫多 duō lún duō Toronto, capital of Ontario, Canada 京都 jīng dū capital (of a country) syn 爱丁堡 愛丁堡 ài dīng bǎo Edinburgh, capital of Scotland 贝鲁特 貝魯特 bèi lǔ tè Beirut, capital of Lebanon 都柏林 dū bó lín Dublin, capital of Ireland 雅典 yǎ diǎn Athens, capital of Greece 布鲁塞尔 布魯塞爾 bù lǔ sài ěr Brussels, capital of Belgium 菲尼克斯 fēi ní kè sī Phoenix, capital of Arizona / also 鳳凰城|凤凰城[Feng4 huang2 cheng2] 本钱 本錢 běn qián capital / (fig.) asset / advantage / the means (to do sth) syn 大写 大寫 dà xiě capital letters / uppercase letters / block letters / banker's anti-fraud numerals syn 布宜诺斯艾利斯 布宜諾斯艾利斯 bù yí nuò sī ài lì sī Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina 死罪 sǐ zuì capital offense / crime punishable by death / my deepest apologies syn 喀布尔 喀布爾 kā bù ěr Kabul, capital of Afghanistan 那不勒斯 nà bù lè sī Napoli, capital of Campania region of Italy / Naples 惠灵顿 惠靈頓 huì líng dùn Wellington, capital of New Zealand 马尼拉 馬尼拉 mǎ ní lā Manila, capital of Philippines 索菲亚 索菲亞 suǒ fēi yà Sofia (capital of Bulgaria) 台北 臺北 tái běi Taipei, capital of Taiwan 汉密尔顿 漢密爾頓 hàn mì ěr dùn Hamilton (name) / Hamilton, capital of Bermuda 波恩 bō ēn Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990 