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 元 yuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first / original / primary / (bound form) basic / fundamental / (bound form) constituent / part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument / variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon 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 无常 無常 wú cháng variable / changeable / fickle / impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya) / ghost taking away the soul after death / to pass away / to die syn 分担 分擔 fēn dān to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility) syn 变量 變量 biàn liàng variable (math.) 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 变数 變數 biàn shù variable factor / uncertainties / (math.) a variable 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 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 有别 有別 yǒu bié different / distinct / unequal / variable 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 变速 變速 biàn sù to change speed / to shift gear / variable-speed 一元 yī yuán (math.) single-variable / univariate 可变 可變 kě biàn variable 参差不齐 參差不齊 cēn cī bù qí (idiom) variable / uneven / irregular syn 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 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 人工成本 rén gōng chéng běn labour cost 误工费 誤工費 wù gōng fèi cost of lost labor 自变量 自變量 zì biàn liàng (math.) independent variable syn 变星 變星 biàn xīng variable star 变阻器 變阻器 biàn zǔ qì rheostat (variable resistor) 费 費 fèi to cost / to spend / fee / wasteful / expenses syn 鱄 zhuān fish (meaning variable: mackerel, anchovy, fresh-water fish) 与时消息 與時消息 yǔ shí xiāo xi variable with the times / transient / impermanent 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 可变间接费用 可變間接費用 variable indirect cost 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]) 复变 複變 fù biàn (math.) complex variable 复变函数 複變函數 fù biàn hán shù function of a complex variable (math.) 复变函数论 複變函數論 fù biàn hán shù lùn (math.) theory of functions of a complex variable 会变 會變 huì biàn variable 实变 實變 shí biàn (math.) real variable 实变函数 實變函數 shí biàn hán shù function of a real variable (math.) 实变函数论 實變函數論 shí biàn hán shù lùn (math.) theory of functions of a real variable 光速可变理论 光速可變理論 guāng sù kě biàn lǐ lùn variable 可变化合价 可變化合價 kě biàn huà hé jià variable valency 因变量 因變量 yīn biàn liàng dependent variable syn 易变 易變 yì biàn mutable / volatile / variable 消元 xiāo yuán elimination (math) / to eliminate one variable from equations 蒭藁增二 chú gǎo zēng èr same as 米拉, Mira (red giant star, Omicron Ceti), variable star with period of 330 days 解析函数 解析函數 jiě xī hán shù (math.) an analytic function (of a complex variable) 线性差动变压器 linear variable differential transformer 变后掠翼飞机 biàn hòu lüè yì fēi jī variable-geometry wing aircraft 不定风 不定風 bù dìng fēng variable wind 替代变量 替代變量 proxy variable 东方斑鵖 東方斑鵖 dōng fāng bān bī (bird species of China) variable wheatear (Oenanthe picata) 变元 變元 biàn yuán (math.) argument / variable 烟豆 煙豆 yān dòu variable glycine (Glycine tabacina), a scrambling plant in the bean family 因变数 因變數 yīn biàn shù (Tw) (math.) dependent variable 应变数 應變數 yìng biàn shù (math.) dependent variable 东方斑䳭 東方斑䳭 dōng fāng bān jí (bird species of China) variable wheatear (Oenanthe picata) 自变数 自變數 zì biàn shù (math.) independent variable syn 随机变数 隨機變數 suí jī biàn shù (math.) random variable 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 