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耗

hào

consume, use up; waste, squander

Strokes
10
Radical
耒
HSK
6
Tone
4

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 我的力气耗尽了。

    Wǒ de lì qi hào jìn le

    My strength is all gone.

  • 我们消耗了所有的自然资源。

    Wǒ men xiāo hào le suǒ yǒu de zì rán zī yuán

    We have consumed all the natural resources.

  • 我的耐心快要耗尽了。

    Wǒ de nài xīn kuài yào hào jìn le

    My patience is nearing its limit.

  • 我把旅费耗光了。

    Wǒ bǎ lǚ fèi hào guāng le

    I have run out of my traveling expenses.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 耗

  • 消耗xiāo hào 1–4 to use up; to consume
  • 耗费hào fèi 4–4 to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander
  • 耗hào 4to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally
  • 耗时hào shí 4–2 time-consuming; to take a period of (x amount of time)
  • 能耗néng hào 2–4 energy consumption