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Meaning of 消

Pinyin xiāo

Radical

氵

Strokes

Definition

consume / news / subside / to disappear / to vanish

Usage

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取消 qǔ xiāo

to cancel / cancellation

消费品 xiāo fèi pǐn

consumer goods

消失 xiāo shī

to disappear / to fade away

消化 xiāo huà

to digest / digestion / digestive

消弭 xiāo mǐ

(literary) to eliminate / to put an end to

此消彼长 cǐ xiāo bǐ zhǎng

wane and wax / trade-off / One man's loss is another's gain.

消极怠工 xiāo jí dài gōng

go-slow / SLOW DOWN

消息 xiāo xi

news / information / CL:條|条[tiao2]

抵消 dǐ xiāo

to counteract / to cancel out / to offset

撤消 chè xiāo

variant of 撤銷|撤销[che4 xiao1]

消旋 xiāo xuán

racemization / despun

消暑 xiāo shǔ

to spend a summer holiday / (esp of Chinese medicine) to relieve summer heat

消极 xiāo jí

negative / passive / inactive

消毒柜 xiāo dú guì

disinfection cabinet

消火栓 xiāo huǒ shuān

fire hydrant

香消玉殒 xiāng xiāo yù yǔn

Fragrant Xiaoyu

消毒 xiāo dú

to disinfect / to sterilize

消除 xiāo chú

to eliminate / to remove

消费者 xiāo fèi zhě

consumer

消费 xiāo fèi

to consume / to spend

消灭 xiāo miè

to put an end to / to annihilate / to cause to perish / to perish / annihilation (in quantum field theory)

消防 xiāo fáng

firefighting / fire control

消耗 xiāo hào

to use up / to consume

好消息 hǎo xiāo xī

hot wire

消瘦 xiāo shòu

to waste away / to become thin

消遣 xiāo qiǎn

to while the time away / amusement / pastime / recreation / to make sport of

消化道 xiāo huà dào

digestive tract

消散 xiāo sàn

to dissipate

不消 bù xiāo

to not need / needless (to say)

消渴 xiāo kě

condition characterized by thirst, hunger, frequent urination and weight loss, identified in TCM with type 2 diabetes

消炎 xiāo yán

to reduce fever / antipyretic / to decrease inflammation

消痰 xiāo tán

dissolving phlegm

消磨 xiāo mó

to wear down / to sap / to whittle away / to while away / to idle away

消亡 xiāo wáng

to die out / to wither away

烟消云散 yān xiāo yún sàn

to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear

消耗量 xiāo hào liàng

rate of consumption

消肿 xiāo zhǒng

to reduce swelling / detumescence / (fig.) to streamline (a bloated bureaucracy etc)

消融 xiāo róng

to melt (e.g. an icecap)

消费资料 xiāo fèi zī liào

consumption data / consumer goods

消逝 xiāo shì

to fade away

消化酶 xiāo huà méi

digestive enzyme

消释 xiāo shì

to dispel (doubts) / to clear up (misunderstanding)