# 消费 (xiāofèi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 消费 (xiāofèi) means “to consume; consumption”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to consume; consumption
- Pinyin: xiāofèi (xiao1 fei4)
- Traditional: 消費
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 大城市的消费水平很高。
  Dà chéngshì de xiāofèi shuǐpíng hěn gāo.
  The cost of living in big cities is very high.

## Characters

- [消](https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-subside/) (xiāo): to subside; to eliminate
- [费](https://hanziro.com/word/fei-cost/) (fèi): to cost; to spend

https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-fei-consume/

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