# 耗 (hào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 耗 (hào) means “to consume; to spend; to drag on”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to consume; to spend; to drag on
- Pinyin: hào (hao4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这件事耗了我很多精力。
  Zhè jiàn shì hàole wǒ hěn duō jīnglì.
  This task has consumed a lot of my energy.

https://hanziro.com/word/hao-consume/

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