Meaning of 收费
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to charge a fee
How to use 收费
收费 is used for services, parking, tolls, and anything that is not free. It often appears on signs as 免费 (miǎnfèi, free) versus 收费 (paid). Example: 这个停车场收费吗？(Zhège tíngchēchǎng shōufèi ma?) Does this parking lot charge a fee?
收 (shōu) means to collect or take in, and 费 (fèi) means a fee or cost, as in 费用 (fèiyong). Put them together and you collect a fee: 收费 (shōufèi), to charge.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes say 收钱 (shōu qián) when they mean an official fee. 收钱 is casual and simply means taking money, while 收费 sounds more formal and fits fees for services. Also watch the tones: both syllables are first tone and fourth tone, shōu fèi, not shòu fēi.
收费 in example sentences
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收 shōu · to receive · 6 strokes
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费 fèi · to cost · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 收费.
| 收到 | shōudào | to receive |
| 收入 | shōurù | to take in; income |
| 浪费 | làngfèi | to waste; to squander |
| 费用 | fèiyong | cost; expenditure |
| 收音机 | shōuyīnjī | radio |
| 收看 | shōukàn | to watch (a TV program) |
| 学费 | xuéfèi | tuition fee; tuition |
| 消费 | xiāofèi | to consume (goods and services, resources etc) |
| 收听 | shōutīng | to listen to (a radio broadcast) |
| 交费 | jiāofèi | to pay a fee |
| 免费 | miǎnfèi | free (of charge) |
| 收回 | shōuhuí | to regain; to retake |
Questions about 收费
What does 收费 mean?
收费 (shōufèi) means "to charge a fee" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 收费?
收费 is made of 2 characters: 收 (6 strokes), 费 (9 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.
Is 收费 an HSK word?
Yes. 收费 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 收费 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 收费 is written 收費.
How do I say how much something charges using 收费?
You can say 怎么收费？(zěnme shōufèi?) to ask how the pricing works. To state a price, use 收费 plus the amount, for example 每小时收费十块 (měi xiǎoshí shōufèi shí kuài), ten yuan per hour.
Can 收费 be used as a noun?
Yes. In phrases like 收费标准 (shōufèi biāozhǔn, fee standard) or 收费站 (shōufèizhàn, toll station), it describes charging as a thing. On its own as a noun, 费用 (fèiyong) is more common for the cost itself.