sǔn hào

Traditional: 損耗

损耗 (sǔn hào) is a Chinese word meaning “loss; depletion; wastage; wear and tear; to incur loss; to waste; to consume (energy etc); (in engineering) loss (of energy, signal strength etc)”.

Meanings

  1. 1loss; depletion; wastage; wear and tear
  2. 2to incur loss; to waste; to consume (energy etc)
  3. 3(in engineering) loss (of energy, signal strength etc)

Characters in 损耗

损sǔn · (bound form) to decrease; to diminish耗hào · to waste

Related words

损失loss损伤to harm损坏to damage损害harm耗子(dialect) mouse; rat耗to waste受损to suffer damage消耗to consume; to use up损(bound form) to decrease; to diminish耗尽to exhaust完好无损in good condition磨损to suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out

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