消 xiāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 肖 to resemble, to look like
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
消费
xiāofèi
to spend; consumption
Characters in this word
费 fèi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- Made of
- 弗 not, negative 贝 sea shell
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 今天消费很少。 Jīntiān xiāofèi hěn shǎo. We spent very little today.
- 消费不太高。 Xiāofèi bú tài gāo. The spending is not too high.
- 我们理性消费。 Wǒmen lǐxìng xiāofèi. We spend money wisely.