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
消耗
xiāohào
to consume
Characters in this word
耗 hào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 耒 — plow
- Made of
- 耒 plow 毛 hair, fur, feathers
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 长时间开空调会消耗大量电力。 Cháng shíjiān kāi kōngtiáo huì xiāohào dàliàng diànlì. Running the air conditioner for a long time consumes a large amount of electricity.
- 跑完一万米，身体消耗了很多能量。 Pǎo wán yí wàn mǐ, shēntǐ xiāohào le hěn duō néngliàng. After running ten thousand metres, the body has used up a lot of energy.
- 这台旧冰箱很消耗电，我们打算换一台新的。 Zhè tái jiù bīngxiāng hěn xiāohào diàn, wǒmen dǎsuàn huàn yì tái xīn de. This old fridge uses a lot of electricity, so we plan to replace it with a new one.
Related words
- 取消 qǔxiāo to cancel
- 消费 xiāofèi to spend; consumption
- 消失 xiāoshī to disappear
- 消息 xiāoxi news; message
- 消化 xiāohuà to digest
- 消除 xiāochú to remove; to get rid of
- 消毒 xiāodú to disinfect
- 消防 xiāofáng fire safety; firefighting
- 消费者 xiāofèizhě consumer
- 消极 xiāojí negative; passive
- 消灭 xiāomiè to annihilate
- 打消 dǎxiāo to dispel; to dismiss an idea