Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 消耗

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
消耗 xiāo hào - to consume; to use up
- to deplete; to expend
- (old) news; mail; message

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 6 9,146 4,321 5,637

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
消 xiāo- to diminish; to subside
- to consume; to reduce
- to idle away (the time)
- (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
耗 hào- to waste
- to spend
- to consume
- to squander
- news
- (coll.) to delay
- to dilly-dally

Other Words Containing 消耗

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
消耗 6 6 9,146 4,321 5,637
消耗品 - - 53,364 72,190 58,030
消耗量 - - 72,536 27,838 57,455
消耗战 - - 76,493 79,004 97,789