Verbconsume; use up; deplete

Animated Stroke Order

Stroke order SVGs for the characters in 消耗.
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Practice writing 消耗 (xiāo hào) with our free printable handwriting worksheet

How to Use 消耗 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 消耗 with other words naturally.
Adverb + Verbwith大量
liáng
xiāo
hào
neutral
consume in large quantities
Verb + Objectwith能量
xiāo
hào
néng
liáng
neutral
consume energy
Noun + Verbwith能源
néng
yuán
xiāo
hào
formal
energy consumption
Verb + Complementwith殆尽
xiāo
hào
dài
jìn
formalWritten
be nearly exhausted

Example Sentences with 消耗

měi
tiān
xiāo
hào
hěn
duō
shuǐ
I consume a lot of water every day.
zhè
tái
xīn
shè
bèi
suī
rán
gāo
xiào
dàn
xiāo
hào
de
diàn
liàng
xiāng
dāng
jīng
rén
Although this new equipment is highly efficient, the amount of electricity it consumes is also quite astonishing.
nán
dào
jué
de
wèi
de
zhēng
chǎo
zhī
huì
xiāo
hào
de
gǎn
qíng
ma
Don't you think that pointless arguments only consume each other's affection?
zhǎng
shí
jiān
gōng
zuò
huì
xiāo
hào
hěn
duō
jīng
Working for long hours consumes a lot of energy.
zhè
zhǒng
gāo
qiáng
xùn
liàn
bìng
méi
yǒu
xiāo
hào
diào
quán
de
This high-intensity training did not consume all of his physical strength.
wèi
le
wán
chéng
zhè
ge
de
shí
yàn
men
xiāo
hào
le
liàng
de
huà
xué
shì
In order to complete this complex experiment, we consumed a large amount of chemical reagents.
zhè
ge
xiàng
xiāo
hào
le
men
liàng
de
shí
jiān
yuán
This project consumed a significant amount of our time and resources.
měi
tiān
tōng
qín
liǎng
xiǎo
shí
zhēn
shì
xiāo
hào
le
shǎo
shí
jiān
nài
xīn
Commuting for two hours every day really consumes a lot of my time and patience.