# 抚养费 (fǔyǎngfèi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 抚养费 (fǔyǎngfèi) means “child support payment; alimony”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: child support payment; alimony
- Pinyin: fǔyǎngfèi (fu3 yang3 fei4)
- Traditional: 撫養費
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他每个月按时支付抚养费。
  Tā měi ge yuè ànshí zhīfù fǔyǎngfèi.
  He pays child support on time every month.

## Characters

- 抚 (fǔ): to comfort; to console
- [养](https://hanziro.com/word/yang-raise/) (yǎng): to raise; to keep (pets)
- [费](https://hanziro.com/word/fei-cost/) (fèi): to cost; to spend

https://hanziro.com/word/fu-yang-fei-child-support-payment/

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