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消化

xiāo huà

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

消化 (xiāo huà) means "to digest". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 消化 means

1. to digest (food)
2. (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process

The characters in 消化

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 化huàto make into; to change into; -ization

Example sentences

• 喝酒帮助消化。
  Hējiǔ bāngzhù xiāohuà.
  Drinking wine aids digestion.
• 葡萄酒帮助消化。
  Pútaojiǔ bāngzhù xiāohuà.
  Wine helps with digestion.
• 你吃不喜欢的食物会消化不良。
  Nǐ chī bù xǐhuan de shíwù huì xiāohuàbùliáng.
  Food you eat that you don't like will not be digested well.
• 不要因为吃得太多而扰乱胃的正常消化。
  Bù yào yīnwèi chī de tài duō ér rǎoluàn wèi de zhèngcháng xiāohuà.
  Don't get an upset stomach by eating too much.

Words starting with 消化

• 消化系统xiāo huà xì tǒngdigestive system; gastrointestinal tract
• 消化管xiāo huà guǎndigestive tube; gut
• 消化道xiāo huà dàodigestive tract
• 消化酒xiāo huà jiǔdigestif
• 消化不良xiāo huà bù liángindigestion
• 消化液xiāo huà yèdigestive fluid
• 消化腺xiāo huà xiàndigestive glands
• 消化酶xiāo huà méidigestive enzyme

Where 消化 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Throwing, Consuming & Disappearing (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiāo huà correctly.
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