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
xiāo
to disappear; to remove; to ease
Character
Example phrases
- 随着真相公开，公众的疑虑才慢慢消了。 Suízhe zhēnxiàng gōngkāi, gōngzhòng de yílǜ cái mànmàn xiāo le. As the truth was made public, public doubts slowly eased.
- 吃了药以后，他脸上的肿慢慢消了。 Chī le yào yǐhòu, tā liǎn shàng de zhǒng mànmàn xiāo le. After he took the medicine, the swelling on his face slowly went down.
- 太阳出来以后，山谷里的雾很快就消了。 Tàiyáng chūlái yǐhòu, shāngǔ lǐ de wù hěn kuài jiù xiāo le. After the sun came out, the fog in the valley soon cleared.
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
- 消耗 xiāohào to consume
- 消灭 xiāomiè to annihilate