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消耗

xiāohào

to consume; to use up

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Meaning of 消耗 in English

xiāohàoHSK 6verbSyllabus #5048
  1. to consume; to use up
  2. to deplete; to expend
  3. (old) news; mail; message

Example sentences

  1. 瑞士人消耗不少啤酒。
    ruì shì rén xiāo hào bù shǎo pí jiǔ。
    The Swiss consume a large amount of beer.
    Tatoeba #1250601 by tsayng · #1250599 by tsayng · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 農業需要消耗大量的水。
    nóng yè xū yào xiāo hào dà liàng de shuǐ。
    Agriculture consumes a great amount of water.
    Tatoeba #5640777 by verdastelo9604 · #282303 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

消 on its own →
xiāo · to diminish; to subside

HSK words with 消

取消HSK 4消息HSK 4消费HSK 5消化HSK 5消极HSK 5消失HSK 5消费者HSK 5消除HSK 6消毒HSK 6消防HSK 6
耗 on its own →
hào · to waste

HSK words with 耗

耗HSK 7–9噩耗HSK 7–9耗费HSK 7–9耗时HSK 7–9能耗HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences