消耗

xiāo hào · xiao hao

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to consume; to use up
  2. to deplete; to expend
  3. (old) news; mail; message

In a sentence

2 examples
01

农(nóng)业(yè)需(xū)要(yào)消(xiāo)耗(hào)大(dà)量(liàng)的(de)水(shuǐ)。

Agriculture consumes a great amount of water.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

瑞(ruì)士(shì)人(rén)消(xiāo)耗(hào)不(bù)少(shǎo)啤(pí)酒(jiǔ)。

The Swiss consume a large amount of beer.

Tatoeba: Chinese by tsayng · English by tsayng · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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