xiāo hào

HSK 6

消耗 (xiāo hào) is a Chinese word meaning “to consume; to use up; to deplete; to expend; (old) news; mail; message”.

Meanings

  1. 1to consume; to use up
  2. 2to deplete; to expend
  3. 3(old) news; mail; message
Part of speech
verb, noun

Characters in 消耗

消xiāo · to diminish; to subside耗hào · to waste

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)耗子(dialect) mouse; rat消费to consume (goods and services, resources etc)耗to waste消极negative

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