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耗
hào
1. to waste
2. to spend
3. to consume
4. to squander
5. news
6. (coll.) to delay
7. to dilly-dally
Very Common • Top 6% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

耗
hào
to consume, to use up; to squander, to waste
HSK 6 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

低耗
dīhào
low consumption (energy, fuel etc)
伤耗
shānghào
damage (e.g. to goods in transit)
内耗
nèihào
internal friction
功耗
gōnghào
electric consumption
噩耗
èhào
news of sb's death
回耗
huíhào
to write back
折耗
shéhào
loss of goods
损耗
sǔnhào
wear and tear
耗力
hàolì
to require much effort
耗子
hàozi
(dialect) mouse
耗损
hàosǔn
to waste
耗散
hàosàn
to dissipate
耗时
hàoshí
time-consuming
耗尽
hàojìn
to exhaust
耗能
hàonéng
to consume energy
耗费
hàofèi
to waste
HSK 6
耗资
hàozī
to spend
音耗
yīnhào
message
油耗
yóuhào
fuel consumption
消耗
xiāohào
to use up
HSK 6

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,729
Word Frequency Rank
4,889 of 84,292

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