# 抵消 (dǐxiāo)

In Mandarin Chinese, 抵消 (dǐxiāo) means “to offset; to cancel out; to counteract”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to offset; to cancel out; to counteract
- Pinyin: dǐxiāo (di3 xiao1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 成本上涨抵消了公司利润。
  Chéngběn shàngzhǎng dǐxiāole gōngsī lìrùn.
  Rising costs offset the company's profits.

## Characters

- 抵 (dǐ): to press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand
- [消](https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-subside/) (xiāo): to subside; to eliminate

https://hanziro.com/word/di-xiao-offset/

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