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xiāo

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

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Words With Same Head Word
消费	xiāofèi	to consume; to spend
消失	xiāoshī	to disappear; to fade away
消除	xiāochú	to eliminate; to remove
消化	xiāohuà	to digest; digestion; digestive
消灭	xiāomiè	to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)

Words With Same Tail Word
取消	qǔxiāo	to cancel; cancellation
打消	dǎxiāo	to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc); to give up on
抵消	dǐxiāo	to counteract; to cancel out; to offset
吃不消	chī buxiāo	to be unable to tolerate or endure; to find something difficult to manage
撤消	chèxiāo	variant of 撤銷

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