xiāo
消 (xiāo) is a Chinese word meaning “to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)”.
Meanings
- 1to diminish; to subside
- 2to consume; to reduce
- 3to idle away (the time)
- 4(after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
- Part of speech
- verb
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消沉to sink into despondency