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消费

xiāo fèi

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 消費

消费 (xiāo fèi) means "to consume; to spend". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 消费 means

1. to consume (goods and services, resources etc)

The characters in 消费

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 费fèito cost; to spend; fee

Example sentences

• 在日本生活消费很高。
  Zài Rìběn shēnghuó xiāofèi hěn gāo.
  Life in Japan is expensive.
• 限制白糖和盐的消费。
  Xiànzhì báitáng hé yán de xiāofèi.
  Limit the consumption of white sugar and salt.
• 酒的消费每年都在上升。
  Jiǔ de xiāofèi měinián dōu zài shàngshēng.
  Alcohol consumption is increasing every year.
• 公司欢迎消费者对他们产品的反馈
  Gōngsī huānyíng xiāofèizhě duì tāmen chǎnpǐn de fǎnkuì
  The company welcomes feedback from consumers who use their products.
• 欧洲人是世界上最大的酒精消费者。
  ōuzhōurén shì shìjiè shàng zuì dà de jiǔjīng xiāofèizhě.
  Europeans are the largest consumers of alcohol in the world.
• 东京是世界上消费水准最高的城市。
  Tokyo is the most expensive town in the world.

Words starting with 消费

• 消费者xiāo fèi zhěconsumer
• 消费品xiāo fèi pǐnconsumer goods
• 消费税xiāo fèi shuìconsumption tax; sales tax
• 消费群xiāo fèi qúnconsumer group
• 消费级xiāo fèi jíconsumer-grade; consumer-level
• 消费资料xiāo fèi zī liàoconsumption data; consumer goods
• 消费者保护xiāo fèi zhě bǎo hù(law) consumer protection
• 消费价格指数xiāo fèi jià gé zhǐ shùconsumer price index CPI
• 消费金融xiāo fèi jīn róngconsumer finance
• 消费券xiāo fèi quànvoucher; coupon

Words containing 消费

• 低消费dī xiāo fèilow level of spending; small expenditure
• 超前消费chāo qián xiāo fèiexcessive consumption; spending beyond one's means
• 中国消费者协会Zhōng guó Xiāo fèi zhě Xié huìChina Consumers' Association (CCA)
• 居民消费价格指数jū mín xiāo fèi jià gé zhǐ shùconsumer price index CPI
• 三公消费sān gōng xiāo fèisee 三公经费

Where 消费 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Commerce, Products & Business (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 fèi correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.