xiāo qiǎn

HSK 7–9

消遣 (xiāo qiǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “to while the time away; amusement; pastime”.

Meanings

  1. 1to while the time away
  2. 2amusement
  3. 3pastime
  4. 4recreation
  5. 5to make sport of
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 消遣

消xiāo · to diminish; to subside遣qiǎn · (bound form) to dispatch; to send

Related words

消息(piece of) news; information消失to disappear; to fade away取消to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind消灭to put an end to消防firefighting消除to eliminate消to diminish; to subside消化to digest (food)消费to consume (goods and services, resources etc)消极negative消毒to disinfect; to sterilize消耗to consume; to use up

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