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xiāo
HSK 7freq #5407

Meanings

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xiāo
  1. 1.to diminish; to subside
  2. 2.to consume; to reduce
  3. 3.to idle away (the time)
  4. 4.(after 不[bù] or 只[zhǐ] or 何[hé] etc) to need; to require; to take

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to disappear; to vanish; to die down; to settle down
  2. 2.to eliminate; to terminate; to eradicate
  3. 3.to while away (time)
  4. 4.to spend (money)
  5. 5.used in 消息 (xiāoxi)

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sew): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews) – to extinguish something (with water).

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Stroke order

Components

消氵肖

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Synonyms

免免除刷削削除去掉去除報銷报销屏除廓清打掉掃扫排解掃除扫除排除摒除撤撤除消弭消解消釋消释消除淘汰清洗清除破

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Derived terms

一筆勾消一笔勾消下消三消不消不消一刻不消幾日不消几日不消得不消說不消说何消何消說何消说內幕消息内幕消息冰消冰消凍解冰消冻解冰消凍釋冰消冻释冰消瓦解勾消取消只消吃不消吃得消夜消夢斷魂消梦断魂消

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Related words

消息 (piece of) news; information消失 to disappear; to fade away取消 to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind消防 firefighting消除 to eliminate消灭 to put an end to消费 to consume (goods and services, resources etc)消化 to digest (food)消耗 to consume; to use up消毒 to disinfect; to sterilize消极 negative消遣 to while the time away