He squandered his savings when he was young and only began to regret it after becoming unemployed.
霍 / 霍
(literary) suddenly
Hanzi
Grade
Grade 9
Pinyin
huò, hè, suǒ
Bopomofo
ㄏㄨㄛˋ, ㄏㄜˋ, ㄙㄨㄛˇ
Jyutping
fok3
Example sentences
Example Vocabulary
揮霍
to squander; to spend money or resources recklessly
揮霍無度
爐霍縣
霍爾木茲
霍華德
霍金
伊金霍洛旗
埃因霍溫
揮霍浪費
爐霍
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