耗 (hào): to waste, to spend, to consume
耗 (hào) is a Chinese character meaning “to waste.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 耒 (semantic) and 毛 (phonetic). It ranks #1714 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 耗 plow. Its radical form 耒 (plow) appears in many related characters such as 耕 (gēng, to plow).
Definitions
- to waste
- to spend
- to consume
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 耗
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耗子 | hào zi | (dialect) mouse |
| 耗尽 | hào jìn | to exhaust |
| 耗费 | hào fèi | to waste |
| 噩耗 | è hào | news of sb's death |
| 损耗 | sǔn hào | wear and tear |
| 耗时 | hào shí | time-consuming |
| 耗资 | hào zī | to spend |
| 消耗品 | xiāo hào pǐn | consumable goods |
| 耗油量 | hào yóu liàng | fuel consumption |
| 能耗 | néng hào | energy consumption |
| 耗电 | hào diàn | to consume electricity |
| 油耗 | yóu hào | fuel consumption |
| 耗损 | hào sǔn | to waste |
| 耗材 | hào cái | consumables |
| 消耗战 | xiāo hào zhàn | war of attrition |
耗 appears in 36 compound words: 42 as the first character, 39 as the last, and 19 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 耗 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
学习耗字需要反复练习,才能写得工整。
xué xí hào zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the character "耗" requires repeated practice to achieve neat handwriting.
...r 技术实现更高灵敏度并减少样品与溶剂消耗
. . . r jì shù shí xiàn gēng gāo líng mǐn dù bìng jiǎn shǎo yàng pǐn yǔ róng jì xiāo hào
... R technology enables higher sensitivity and reduced sample and solvent consumption
【早报】仅1纳米、功耗最低!北大实现芯片领域重要突破;美最高法...
zǎo bào jǐn 1 nà mǐ , gōng hào zuì dī ! běi dà shí xiàn xīn piàn lǐng yù chóng yāo tū pò ; měi zuì gāo fǎ . . .
【Morning Post】Only 1 nanometer, the lowest power consumption! Peking University has achieved an important breakthrough in the field of chips; The U.S. Supreme Court...
伊朗武装部队总参谋长:敌人试图以“战略消耗”动摇体制、打击民众士气
yī lǎng wǔ zhuāng bù duì zǒng cān móu cháng : dí rén shì tú yǐ zhàn lüè xiāo hào dòng yáo tǐ zhì , dǎ jī mín zhòng shì qì
Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces: The enemy is trying to shake the system and hit the morale of the people with "strategic attrition"
...蕙81岁母亲初二离世!陈思安忍3天痛揭噩耗:爸妈天上团聚了
. . . 蕙 8 1 suì mǔ qīn chū èr lí shì ! chén sī ān rěn 3 tiān tòng jiē è hào : bà mā tiān shàng tuán jù le
... Hui's 81-year-old mother passed away on the second day of junior high school! Chen Si'an endured for 3 days to reveal the bad news: his parents were reunited in heaven
这个引擎耗用最多的油。
Zhège yǐnqíng hào yòng zuì duō de yóu.
This engine consumes the most oil.
我们消耗了所有的自然资源。
Wǒmen xiāohào le suǒyǒu de zìránzīyuán.
We have consumed all the natural resources.
瑞士人消耗不少啤酒。
Ruìshìrén xiāohào bù shǎo píjiǔ.
The Swiss consume a large amount of beer.
有关癌症成因的研究耗费颇巨。
Yǒuguān áizhèng chéngyīn de yánjiū hàofèi pō jù.
Research on the causes of cancer is very expensive.
东欧的酒精消耗量比西欧高。
Dōng ōu de jiǔjīng xiāohàoliàng bǐ Xī'ōu gāo.
Alcohol consumption is higher in Eastern Europe than in Western Europe.
Character Family
耒 Radical Family — Characters sharing the plow radical
Related Characters
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