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
耗时
hàoshí
to take time; time-consuming
Characters in this word
时 shí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这项调查极其耗时，研究人员必须逐户核实资料。 Zhè xiàng diàochá jíqí hàoshí, yánjiū rényuán bìxū zhúhù héshí zīliào. This investigation is extremely time-consuming, and researchers must verify the materials household by household.
- 这个手术很耗时，医生要连续工作六个小时。 Zhège shǒushù hěn hàoshí, yīshēng yào liánxù gōngzuò liù ge xiǎoshí. This operation is very time-consuming; the doctors must work six hours straight.
- 手工做饺子皮太耗时，所以我们买现成的。 Shǒugōng zuò jiǎozipí tài hàoshí, suǒyǐ wǒmen mǎi xiànchéng de. Making dumpling wrappers by hand takes too long, so we buy ready-made ones.
Related words
- 消耗 xiāohào to consume
- 噩耗 èhào terrible news; grievous news
- 耗 hào to consume; to waste
- 耗费 hàofèi to consume; to expend
- 能耗 nénghào energy consumption
- 时候 shíhou time, moment
- 时间 shíjiān time
- 小时 xiǎoshí hour
- 有时候 yǒushíhou sometimes
- 当时 dāngshí at that time
- 那时候 nàshíhou at that time
- 平时 píngshí usually; in ordinary times