# 消耗 (xiāohào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 消耗 (xiāohào) means “to consume; to use up”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to consume; to use up
- Pinyin: xiāohào (xiao1 hao4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 跑步会消耗大量的体力。
  Pǎobù huì xiāohào dàliàng de tǐlì.
  Running consumes a large amount of physical energy.

## Characters

- [消](https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-subside/) (xiāo): to subside; to eliminate
- [耗](https://hanziro.com/word/hao-consume/) (hào): to consume; to spend

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

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