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
消磨
xiāomó
to kill time; to wear away
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Example phrases
- 他靠翻阅旧报纸消磨漫长的候诊时间。 Tā kào fānyuè jiù bàozhǐ xiāomó màncháng de hòuzhěn shíjiān. He passed the long waiting time at the clinic by reading old newspapers.
- 下雨天，孩子们在家玩游戏消磨时间。 Xià yǔ tiān, háizimen zài jiā wán yóuxì xiāomó shíjiān. On rainy days the children play games at home to kill time.
- 漫长的等待渐渐消磨了他的耐心。 Màncháng de děngdài jiànjiàn xiāomó le tā de nàixīn. The long wait gradually wore away his patience.
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