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抵消

dǐ xiāo

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

抵消 (dǐ xiāo) means "to counteract; to cancel out; to offset". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 抵消 means

1. to counteract
2. to cancel out
3. to offset

The characters in 抵消

• 抵dǐto press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand; to be equal to…
• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)

Sounds the same

Read dǐ xiāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 抵销variant of 抵消

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