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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 消费

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
消费 xiāo fèi - to consume (goods and services, resources etc)

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
5 3 7,781 968 2,533

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
费 fèi- surname Fei
费 fèi- to cost
- to spend
- fee
- wasteful
- expenses

Other Words Containing 消费

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
消费 5 3 7,781 968 2,533
消费者 - 5 13,909 819 3,822
消费群 - - 50,084 - -
消费品 - - 53,619 9,175 25,463