HSK 6 · Verbs

消耗 xiāohào “to consume” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 消耗 means

  1. to consume
  2. to use up
  3. consumption
  4. to deplete
  5. to expend

How to say 消耗

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale消xiāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale耗hào4th tone, falling

消耗 in a sentence

  1. 农业需要消耗大量的水。

    Nóngyè xūyào xiāohào dàliàng de shuǐ.

    Agriculture uses a huge amount of water.

    Sentence #5640777 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我们消耗了所有的自然资源。

    Wǒmen xiāohào le suǒyǒu de zìrán zīyuán.

    We have consumed all the natural resources.

    Sentence #813474 from Tatoeba

  3. 这座巧克力工厂每一天消耗二十公吨可可原料。

    Zhè zuò qiǎokèlì gōngchǎng měi yì tiān xiāohào èrshí gōngdūn kěkě yuánliào.

    This chocolate factory uses twenty tonnes of raw cocoa a day.

    Sentence #13244339 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 消耗 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 消 (xiāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
消xiāoto diminish; to subside
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 肖to resemble · xiàoSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 肖 (xiào) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiāo.

The character 耗 (hào) with each of its parts in a different colour
耗hàoto waste
  • 耒plough · lěiMeaning part
  • 毛fur · máoSound part

耒 hints at the meaning (plough); 毛 (máo) hints at the sound. Compare it with hào.

How to write 消耗

消 10 strokes · 耗 10 strokes

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消耗 (xiāohào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 消耗 (xiāohào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 消耗

Words with 消

消息xiāoxi · news消化xiāohuà · to digest (food or information)取消qǔxiāo · to cancel消失xiāoshī · to disappear消极xiāojí · negative消费xiāofèi · to consume消毒xiāodú · to disinfect消除xiāochú · to eliminate消灭xiāomiè · to wipe out消防xiāofáng · firefighting

Words with 耗

耗费hàofèi · to consume

More words: Common Verbs

掀起xiānqǐ · to lift陷入xiànrù · to fall into削xiāo · to peel消除xiāochú · to eliminate销毁xiāohuǐ · to destroy (by burning or melting)消灭xiāomiè · to wipe out携带xiédài · to carry (on one’s person)协助xiézhù · to assist

FAQs

消耗 (xiāohào) means “to consume” or “to use up”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiāohào: xiāo with a 1st tone, then hào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 消耗 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiaohao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 消耗 from the suggestions. Typing xiaohao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
消耗 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.