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消耗 (xiāo hào): Consume (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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消耗 consists of 2 characters.

to disappear, eliminate, or melt away

to consume, to waste, to spend

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

dà大

liàng量

xiāo消

hào耗

neutral

consume in large quantities

Verb + Objectwith能量

xiāo消

hào耗

néng能

liàng量

Noun + Verbwith能源

néng能

yuán源

xiāo消

hào耗

Verb + Complementwith殆尽

xiāo消

hào耗

dài殆

jìn尽

Example Sentences with 消耗

wǒ我

měi每

tiān天

xiāo消

hào耗

hěn很

duō多

neutral

consume energy

formal

energy consumption

formal

Written

be nearly exhausted

shuǐ水

。

I consume a lot of water every day.

cháng长

shí时

jiān间

yùn运

dòng动

xiāo消

hào耗

le了

dà大

liàng量

tǐ体

lì力

。

The prolonged exercise consumed a great deal of physical strength.

zhè这

tái台

xīn新

shè设

bèi备

suī虽

rán然

gāo高

xiào效

，

dàn但

xiāo消

hào耗

de的

diàn电

liàng量

yě也

xiāng相

dāng当

jīng惊

rén人

。

Although this new equipment is highly efficient, the amount of electricity it consumes is also quite astonishing.

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nǐ你

nán难

dào道

bù不

jué觉

de得

，

wú无

wèi谓

de的

zhēng争

chǎo吵

zhī只

huì会

xiāo消

hào耗

bǐ彼

cǐ此

de的

gǎn感

qíng情

ma吗

？

Don't you think that pointless arguments only consume each other's affection?

zhǎng长

shí时

jiān间

gōng工

zuò作

huì会

xiāo消

hào耗

hěn很

zhè这

zhǒng种

gāo高

qiáng强

dù度

xùn训

liàn练

bìng并

méi没

yǒu

wèi为

le了

wán完

chéng成

zhè这

ge个

fù复

zá杂

de的

shí

zhè这

ge个

xiàng项

mù目

xiāo消

hào耗

le了

wǒ我

men们

měi每

tiān天

tōng通

qín勤

liǎng两

xiǎo小

shí时

，

zhēn真

shì

duō多

jīng精

lì力

。

Working for long hours consumes a lot of energy.

有

xiāo消

hào耗

diào掉

tā他

quán全

bù部

de的

tǐ体

lì力

。

This high-intensity training did not consume all of his physical strength.

实

yàn验

，

wǒ我

men们

xiāo消

hào耗

le了

dà大

liàng量

de的

huà化

xué学

shì试

jì剂

。

In order to complete this complex experiment, we consumed a large amount of chemical reagents.

dà大

liàng量

de的

shí时

jiān间

hé和

zī资

yuán源

。

This project consumed a significant amount of our time and resources.

是

xiāo消

hào耗

le了

wǒ我

bù不

shǎo少

shí时

jiān间

hé和

nài耐

xīn心

。

Commuting for two hours every day really consumes a lot of my time and patience.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 消耗.

Words with 消

消息xiāo xiHSK 4
取消qǔ xiāo
打消dǎ xiāo
抵消dǐ xiāo
消化xiāo huà
消失xiāo shī
消极xiāo jí
消毒xiāo dú

Words with 耗

噩耗è hào
耗时hào shí
耗费hào fèi
能耗néng hào