HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

消

xiāo

to diminish; to subside

HSK 7–9
HSK 7–9 flashcards →Quiz

Meaning of 消 in English

xiāoHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #9892
  1. to diminish; to subside
  2. to consume; to reduce
  3. to idle away (the time)
  4. (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take

Characters

Tap the character to see its stroke order

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

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