hào

HSK 7–9

耗 (hào) is a Chinese word meaning “to waste; to spend; to consume”.

Meanings

  1. 1to waste
  2. 2to spend
  3. 3to consume
  4. 4to squander
  5. 5news
  6. 6(coll.) to delay
  7. 7to dilly-dally
Part of speech
verb

Related words

耗子(dialect) mouse; rat消耗to consume; to use up耗尽to exhaust耗费to waste噩耗news of sb's death; sad news损耗loss; depletion; wastage; wear and tear耗时time-consuming耗资to spend耗油量fuel consumption消耗品consumable goods; expendable item耗电to consume electricity耗损to waste

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