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消
xiāo
Main
English Definitionto disappear; to vanish; to eliminate; to spend (time); have to; need
Simplified Script消
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinxiāo
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄒㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping)siu1
Part of Speech(动) verb
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=7 TOCFL=6

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Words With Same Head Word    
消费xiāofèito consume; to spend
消失xiāoshīto disappear; to fade away
消除xiāochúto eliminate; to remove
消化xiāohuàto digest; digestion; digestive
消灭xiāomièto put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)
Words With Same Tail Word    
取消qǔxiāoto cancel; cancellation
打消dǎxiāoto dispel (doubts, misgivings etc); to give up on
抵消dǐxiāoto counteract; to cancel out; to offset
吃不消chī buxiāoto be unable to tolerate or endure; to find something difficult to manage
撤消chèxiāovariant of 撤銷
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