粵

費fai3神san4

simp费神
fai3 san4fèi shén

English

  1. to spend effort
  2. to take trouble
  3. May I trouble you to...? (as part of polite request)
  4. Please would you mind...?
  5. energy-consuming

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 消耗大量精力

Examples

  • 編字典係件好晒精神嘅工作。

    編字典是很費神的工作。

    Dictionary editing is energy-consuming.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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