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消

xiāo
HSK 3

“To diminish” in Chinese is 消 (xiāo).

Other characters with the syllable xiao: see all 15 →

Meaning

  • to diminish; to subside
  • to consume; to reduce
  • to idle away (the time)
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  • (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take

Example

会议取消了。

The meeting was called off.

From 取消 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Words containing 消

取消qǔxiāoto cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescindHSK 3消费xiāofèito consume (goods and services, resources etc)HSK 3消失xiāoshīto disappear; to fade awayHSK 3消息xiāoxi(piece of) news; informationHSK 3消化xiāohuàto digest (food)HSK 4消除xiāochúto eliminateHSK 5消毒xiāodúto disinfect; to sterilizeHSK 5消防xiāofángfirefightingHSK 5

More HSK 3 characters

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