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hào

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hào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hào | hao4
English translation
to waste
to spend
to consume
to squander
news
(coll.) to delay
to dilly-dally
to consume, to use up; to squander, to waste

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About hào

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

hào

Contains the radical

lěi

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

plow

Etymology of hào

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

耒毛

Semantic compound

lěi

Phonetic compound

Máo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. lěi represents the meaning and Máo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using hào

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shào zhàn 建设 jiànshè 研究 yánjiū 蓝图 lán tú 应用 yìngyòng shí 计算 jìsuàn 损耗 sǔn hào 系数 xì shù .

Wastage is now applied to Outpost construction platform blueprints.

xiǎo 天狼 xīng 布莱克 shì tiáo gǒu ( 大脚板 ), xiǎo 矮星 aǐ xīng 彼得 Bǐ dé 变为 biàn wéi 一只耗子 hào zi ( chóng 尾巴 wěiba ).

Sirius became a large dog ( Padfoot ) while Peter became a rat ( Wormtail ).

行政 xíngzhèng 职务 zhíwù hào diào běn hěn duō 精力 jīnglì .

The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.

我们 wǒmen 必须 bìxū jiāng 所得 suǒ dé 利润 lìrùn zhuó liú 百分之五作为 zuòwéi 损耗费.

We have to allow five per cent of our profit for tear and wear.

zhè kuāng 去掉 qù diào 伤耗 shāng hào zhǐ shèng 18 jīn le .

There are only eighteen jin of pears in this basket after taking out the damaged ones.

Words with hào

Explore 20 words and sayings that include the Chinese character hào in their composition.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
消耗 xiāohào to use up消耗 xiāohào
hào to waste hào
耗子 hào zi rat耗子 hào zi
耗尽 hào jìn to exhaust耗盡
耗费 hàofèi to waste耗費
油耗 yóu hào fuel consumption油耗 yóu hào
损耗 sǔn hào wear and tear損耗
耗资 hào zī to spend耗資
噩耗 è hào grievous news噩耗 è hào
耗时 hào shí time-consuming耗時
功耗 gōng hào power wastage功耗 gōng hào
消耗量 xiāo hào liàng rate of consumption消耗量 xiāo hào liàng
内耗 nèi hào internal friction內耗
耗油量 hào yóu liàng fuel consumption耗油量 hào yóu liàng
耗损 hào sǔn to waste耗損
低耗 dī hào low consumption (energy, fuel etc)低耗 dī hào
耗散 hào sàn to dissipate耗散 hào sàn
磨耗 mó hào wear and tear磨耗 mó hào
消耗战 xiāo hào zhàn war of attrition消耗戰
耗材 hào cái consumables耗材 hào cái

hào Decomposition & Compounds

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hào Decomposition

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