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耗

hào

HSK 6 Character

What 耗 means

1. to waste
2. to spend
3. to consume
4. to squander
5. news
6. colloquialto delay
7. to dilly-dally

Example sentences

• 我的力气耗尽了。
  Wǒ de lìqi hàojìn le.
  My strength is all gone.
• 我把旅费耗光了。
  Wǒ bǎ lǚfèi hào guāng le.
  I have run out of my traveling expenses.
• 我的车子很耗油。
  My car burns a lot of gas.
• 瑞士人消耗不少啤酒。
  Ruìshìrén xiāohào bù shǎo píjiǔ.
  The Swiss consume a large amount of beer.
• 我的耐心快要耗尽了。
  My patience is nearing its limit.
• 农业需要消耗的大量水。
  Nóngyè xūyào xiāohào de dàliàng shuǐ.
  Agriculture consumes a great amount of water.

Words starting with 耗

• 耗费hào fèito waste; to spend; to consume
• 耗子hào zi(dialect) mouse; rat
• 耗尽hào jìnto exhaust; to use up; to deplete
• 耗资hào zīto spend; expenditure; to cost
• 耗时hào shítime-consuming; to take a period of (x amount of time)
• 耗材hào cáiconsumables; to consume raw materials
• 耗力hào lìto require much effort
• 耗失hào shī(of sth that should be retained: nutrients, moisture, heat etc) to be lost
• 耗损hào sǔnto waste
• 耗散hào sànto dissipate; to squander
• 耗能hào néngto consume energy
• 耗电hào diànto consume electricity; power consumption
• 耗油量hào yóu liàngfuel consumption
• 耗时耗力hào shí hào lìrequiring much time and effort
• 耗子尾汁hào zi wěi zhīyou're on your own (pun on 好自为之

Words containing 耗

• 消耗xiāo hàoto consume; to use up; to deplete; to expend; (old) news; mail; message
• 油耗yóu hàofuel consumption
• 噩耗è hàonews of sb's death; sad news
• 损耗sǔn hàoloss; depletion; wastage; wear and tear; to incur loss; to waste…
• 能耗néng hàoenergy consumption
• 低耗dī hàolow consumption (energy, fuel etc)
• 伤耗shāng hàodamage (e.g. to goods in transit)
• 内耗nèi hàointernal friction; internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics)…
• 功耗gōng hàoelectric consumption; power wastage
• 回耗huí hàoto write back; to send a reply
• 折耗shé hàoloss of goods; damage to goods; shrinkage
• 燃耗rán hàofuel consumption
• 音耗yīn hàomessage
• 损耗品sǔn hào pǐnconsumables
• 消耗品xiāo hào pǐnconsumable goods; expendable item
• 消耗战xiāo hào zhànwar of attrition
• 消耗量xiāo hào liàngrate of consumption
• 狗拿耗子gǒu ná hào zilit. a dog who catches mice; to be meddlesome (idiom)
• 磨耗mó hàowear and tear; wearing out by friction
• 猫哭耗子māo kū hào zithe cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence…
• 瞎猫碰上死耗子xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zia blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom); blind luck

Characters built on 毛

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

• 毫háohair; drawing brush; (in the) least
• 髦máobang (hair); fashionable; mane
• 蚝háooyster
• 牦máoyak (Bos grunniens)
• 酕máoused in 酕醄
• 耄màoextremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s); octogenarian; nonagenarian
• 旄máobanner decorated with animal's tail

Characters that look like 耗

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

• 挑tiǎoto raise; to dig up; to poke
• 挺tǐngstraight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body)
• 跃yuèto jump; to leap
• 矩jǔcarpenter's square; rule; regulation
• 挟xié(bound form) to clasp under the arm; (bound form) to coerce…
• 耘yúnto weed

Sounds the same

Read hào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 号(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal…
• 浩grand; vast (water)
• 皓(bound form) bright; luminous; white…
• 灏vast (of water)
• 好to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
• 昊vast and limitless; the vast sky
• 镐bright; place name; stove
• 颢(literary) white and shining
• 恏to desire
• 澔grand; vast (of water)
• 皞bright; brilliant
• 淏(literary) (of water) limpid