How to write 耗

耗 [hào] 1. Reduction, consumption. 减损，消费。 2. Delay. 拖延。 3. News, information. 音信，消息。 1. Reduction, consumption: 耗损 (reduction); 耗费 (consumption); 耗资 (expenditure); 消耗 (consumption). 减损，消费：～损。～费。～资。消～。 2. Delay: 耗时间 (waste time). 拖延：～时间。 3. News, information: 噩耗 (death news); 凶耗 (bad news). 音信，消息：噩～（人死的消息）。凶～。 耗 [hào] 【Noun】 【Basic meaning】: A type of rice. 【Etymology】: Phonetic-semantic; derived from 耒 (lěi), with phonetic indication. 1. News; information ([En.] news). 消息;音信 ([En.] news) 【Example】 李商隐《即日》：赤岭久无耗，鸿门犹合围。 2. In dialect, refers to mice as “耗子” (hǎo zi), abbreviated to “耗” ([En.] mouse). 方言称老鼠为“耗子”。也简称“耗” ([En.] mouse)。 【Example】 如: 耗耗 (dialect; mouse); 耗爆 (sound of a mouse stealing food). 3. In ancient times, when officials collected taxes, additional charges for consumption damages were called “耗” ([En.] loss). 旧时官府征收钱粮时，以损耗为名，在正额外例有附加部分，称“耗” ([En.] loss). 耗 [hào] 【Verb】 1. To borrow the meaning of “consume.” Loss; consume ([En.] consume; cost). 假借为“消”。亏损;消耗 ([En.] consume; cost) 【Example】 又如: 耗荡 (consume and damage); 耗米 (transport grain with added loss); 耗失 (reduction, loss); 耗力 (expend effort). 2. Loss; to suffer a loss; expend ([En.] expend). 损失，受损失;耗费 ([En.] expend). 【Example】 又如: 耗敝 (consume and damage); 耗蠹 (waste and damage); 耗燥 (dried up). 3. In dialect: to delay ([En.] dawdle; waste time). 〈方〉∶拖延 ([En.] dawdle; waste time)。 【Example】 如: 别耗着了; 耗时间; 耗误 (delay); 耗磨 (to waste time). 4. To root out ([En.] root out; uproot). 铲除 ([En.] root out; uproot)。 【Example】 如: 耗稻 (to weed out weeds in rice fields). 耗 [hào] 【Adjective】 1. Bad harvest ([En.] of bad harvest). 歉收 ([En.] of bad harvest). 【Example】 《礼记·王制》：五谷皆入，然后制国用。用地小大，视年之丰耗。 2. Poor soil ([En.] poor). 土壤瘠薄 ([En.] poor). 【Example】 又如: 耗土 (thin soil). 3. Hollow ([En.] hollow). 空虚 ([En.] hollow). 【Example】 《玉篇》：耗，虚也。 4. Withered and fallen ([En.] withered and fallen). 零落 ([En.] withered and fallen). 【Example】 《淮南子》：秋行夏令，华;行春令，荣;行冬令，耗。