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消

xiāo

HSK 4 Character

What 消 means

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

Example sentences

• 航班取消了
  Hángbān qǔxiāo le
  The flight was cancelled.
• 她消失了。
  She disappeared.
• 雪消失了。
  The snow has disappeared.
• 气终于消了
  He is not angry anymore.
• 我有消息。
  I've got news.
• 疼痛消失了。
  Téngtòng xiāoshī le.
  The pain has gone.

Words starting with 消

• 消息xiāo xi(piece of) news; information; message
• 消失xiāo shīto disappear; to fade away
• 消费xiāo fèito consume (goods and services, resources etc)
• 消灭xiāo mièto put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish
• 消化xiāo huàto digest (food); (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process
• 消除xiāo chúto eliminate; to remove
• 消耗xiāo hàoto consume; to use up; to deplete; to expend; (old) news; mail; message
• 消毒xiāo dúto disinfect; to sterilize
• 消防xiāo fángfirefighting; fire control
• 消极xiāo jínegative; passive; inactive
• 消费者xiāo fèi zhěconsumer
• 消磨xiāo móto wear down; to sap; to whittle away
• 消遣xiāo qiǎnto while the time away; amusement; pastime
• 消逝xiāo shìto fade away
• 消费品xiāo fèi pǐnconsumer goods
• 消瘦xiāo shòuto waste away; to become thin
• 消亡xiāo wángto die out; to wither away
• 消沉xiāo chénto sink into despondency; (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish; to plummet
• 消散xiāo sànto dissipate
• 消解xiāo jiěto eliminate; to dispel; resolution
• 消退xiāo tuìto wane; to vanish gradually
• 消费税xiāo fèi shuìconsumption tax; sales tax
• 消防车xiāo fáng chēfire engine; fire truck
• 消炎xiāo yánto reduce fever; antipyretic; to decrease inflammation

Words containing 消

• 取消qǔ xiāoto cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
• 打消dǎ xiāoto dispel (doubts, misgivings etc); to give up on
• 烟消云散yān xiāo yún sàn(idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear
• 吃不消chī bu xiāoto be unable to tolerate or endure; to find sth difficult to manage
• 抵消dǐ xiāoto counteract; to cancel out; to offset
• 不消bù xiāoto not need; needless (to say)
• 小道消息xiǎo dào xiāo xihearsay; gossip
• 只消zhǐ xiāoto only need; it only takes
• 参考消息Cān kǎo Xiāo xīReference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper)
• 对消duì xiāoin equilibrium; to cancel out (of opposite forces) (physics)
• 快消kuài xiāofast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) (abbr. for 快速消费品
• 快消品kuài xiāo pǐnfast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) (abbr. for 快速消费品
• 内线消息nèi xiàn xiāo xiinside information
• 即时消息jí shí xiāo xiinstant message
• 取消关注qǔ xiāo guān zhùto unfollow
• 与时消息yǔ shí xiāo xivariable with the times; transient; impermanent
• 低消dī xiāominimum spend (stipulated by a restaurant, bar, club etc) (abbr. for 最低消费
• 低消费dī xiāo fèilow level of spending; small expenditure
• 波状消光bō zhuàng xiāo guāng(geology) undulose extinction
• 超前消费chāo qián xiāo fèiexcessive consumption; spending beyond one's means
• 无福消受wú fú xiāo shòuunfortunately cannot enjoy (idiom)
• 洗消xǐ xiāodecontamination
• 洗消场xǐ xiāo chǎngdecontaminating field
• 吃得消chī de xiāoto be able to endure (exertion, fatigue etc); to be able to afford

Characters built on 肖

These share the phonetic component 肖 (xiào), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 销xiāoto melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell
• 悄qiāoused in 悄悄
• 宵xiāonight
• 逍xiāoused in 逍遥
• 硝xiāosaltpeter; to tan (leather)
• 俏qiàogood-looking; charming; (of goods) in great demand
• 峭qiàohigh and steep; precipitous; severe or stern
• 霄xiāofirmament; heaven

Characters that look like 消

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 洁jiéclean
• 浦pǔriver bank; shore; river drainage ditch (old)
• 淆xiáoconfused and disorderly; mixed; Taiwan pr. yáo
• 渎dúdisrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 渍zìto soak; to be stained; stain
• 涟liánripple; tearful

Sounds the same

Read xiāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 销to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell
• 宵night
• 潇(of water) deep and clear
• 萧(old) Chinese mugwort; (bound form) desolate; dreary
• 箫xiao, a vertical bamboo flute
• 削to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
• 霄firmament; heaven
• 枭owl; valiant; trafficker
• 逍used in 逍遥
• 嚣clamor
• 硝saltpeter; to tan (leather)
• 骁good horse; valiant