# 浪费 (làngfèi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 浪费 (làngfèi) means “to waste”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to waste
- Pinyin: làngfèi (lang4 fei4)
- Traditional: 浪費
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 我们要节约用水，不要浪费。
  Wǒmen yào jiéyuē yòngshuǐ, búyào làngfèi.
  We should save water and not waste it.

## Characters

- [浪](https://hanziro.com/word/lang-wave/) (làng): wave; billow
- [费](https://hanziro.com/word/fei-cost/) (fèi): to cost; to spend

https://hanziro.com/word/lang-fei-waste/

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