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 下降 xià jiàng to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease syn 减少 減少 jiǎn shǎo to lessen / to decrease / to reduce / to lower syn 缩小 縮小 suō xiǎo to reduce / to decrease / to shrink 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 消炎 xiāo yán to reduce fever / antipyretic / to decrease inflammation syn 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 减小 減小 jiǎn xiǎo to reduce / to decrease / to diminish syn 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 小幅 xiǎo fú by a small margin / slightly (increase or decrease) / (of a painting or a piece of calligraphy) small syn 运价 運價 yùn jià fare / transport cost 增减 增減 zēng jiǎn to add or subtract / to increase or decrease / to go up or go down 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; 损益 損益 sǔn yì profit and loss / increase and decrease syn 成本核算 chéng běn hé suàn cost accounting 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 消长 消長 xiāo zhǎng to ebb and rise / to decrease and then grow 降火 jiàng huǒ to decrease internal heat (Chinese medicine) 人工成本 rén gōng chéng běn labour cost 误工费 誤工費 wù gōng fèi cost of lost labor 减损 減損 jiǎn sǔn to impair / to degrade / to decrease / to reduce / to weaken / to detract from / impairment (e.g. of financial assets) 费 費 fèi to cost / to spend / fee / wasteful / expenses syn 减 減 jiǎn to lower / to decrease / to reduce / to subtract / to diminish syn 损 損 sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ syn 顺水人情 順水人情 shùn shuǐ rén qíng to do sb a favor at little cost 食玉炊桂 shí yù chuī guì food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom) / the cost of living is very high 成本数据格式 cost data format / format for the cost data / cost format 生活费津贴 生活費津貼 shēng huó fèi jīn tiē cost-of-living allowance / cost-of-living adjustment 生活费调整数 生活費調整數 cost-of-living allowance / cost-of-living adjustment 每日口粮费用 每日口糧費用 daily ration food basket cost / ration cost 廉航 lián háng low-cost carrier / low-cost airline / budget airline (abbr. for 廉價航空|廉价航空[lian2 jia4 hang2 kong1]) 平减 平減 píng jiǎn to deflate / to decrease (number, esp. price) 减计 減計 jiǎn jì to write down (i.e. to decrease the expected value of a loan) 臭氧减少 ozone decrease 瞬时死亡率 瞬時死亡率 instantaneous rate of mortality / coefficient of decrease 减少系数 減少系數 instantaneous rate of mortality / coefficient of decrease 数量减少 數量減少 volume decrease 缓降 緩降 huǎn jiàng to decrease gradually / to descend gradually 退坡 tuì pō (intransitive) to weaken / to decrease / (of a subsidy etc) to be rolled back syn 骤减 驟減 zhòu jiǎn to decrease rapidly / to plummet syn 低费用 低費用 dī fèi yòng low cost 经济有效 經濟有效 jīng jì yǒu xiào cost-effective 经营费用 經營費用 jīng yíng fèi yòng business cost / business expense 边际成本 邊際成本 biān jì chéng běn marginal cost 到岸价 到岸價 dào àn jià cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) (transportation) 加工成本 jiā gōng chéng běn processing cost 吃大亏 吃大虧 chī dà kuī to cost one dearly / to end disastrously / to pay bitterly 栈租 棧租 zhàn zū warehouse rent / cost of storage 机会成本 機會成本 jī huì chéng běn opportunity cost 正常成本 zhèng cháng chéng běn normal cost (accountancy) 沉没成本 沉沒成本 chén mò chéng běn sunk cost (economics) 空运费 空運費 kōng yùn fèi air freight (cost of air transport) 高赀 高貲 gāo zī high cost 加权平均资本成本 加權平均資本成本 jiā quán píng jūn zī běn chéng běn weighted average cost of capital 储备基金 儲備基金 chú bèi jī jīn reserve fund for adjustments resulting from variations in respect of currency fluctuations, inflation in non-staff costs and statutory cost increases for staff / reserve fund 到岸价格 dào àn jia ge cost, insurance and freight 费用中心 費用中心 fèi yòng zhōng xīn cost centre 公用事业费 公用事業費 gōng yòng shì yè fèi utility cost 购置成本 購置成本 gòu zhì chéng běn acquisition cost 平均成本法 píng jūn chéng běn fǎ (finance) dollar cost averaging 资本成本 資本成本 zī běn chéng běn capital cost 经常性费用 jīng cháng xìng fèi yòng ongoing cost 预算和费用控制股 Budget and Cost Control Unit 费用分摊安排 cost-sharing arrangement 技术性成本 engineering cost 工程费用 gōng chéng fèi yòng engineering cost 支助费用研究机构间工作队 Inter-Agency Task Force on the Support Cost Study 成本效益 chéng běn xiào yì cost-effectiveness 成本效率 cost-effectiveness 生活费差数 cost-of-living differential 组别费率指数 group cost index / group index 武器的单位成本 unit cost of weapons 法定费用上调 statutory cost increase 节约的费用 cost savings 建筑费用 jiàn zhù fèi yòng construction cost 按成本估价 cost-based valuation 复原成本法 fù yuán chéng běn fǎ restoration cost method 重置成本法 replacement cost method 减轻调整的社会代价行动纲领 Programme of Action to Mitigate the Social Cost of Adjustment 减轻贫穷和调整的社会代价方桉 減輕貧窮和調整的社會代價方案 Programme to Alleviate Poverty and the Social Cost of Adjustment 