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(Bushou)		 水
Strokes 4
Composition
Strokes 10
Structure
Decomp. 氵小月
氵 + 肖
Prononciation
Mandarin xiāo
Entry Methods
Pinyin xiao1
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Cangjie
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水火月
Sijiao 3912.7
Wubi IIEG
CNS 11643 1-563C
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Unicode U+6D88
GB2312 CFFB
BIG5 AEF8
消 xiāo to diminish / to subside / to consume / to reduce / to idle away (the time) / (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need / to require / to take
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消息 xiāo xi (piece of) news / information / message / CL:條|条[tiao2]
消费 xiāo fèi to consume (goods and services, resources etc)
消失 xiāo shī to disappear / to fade away
消除 xiāo chú to eliminate / to remove
消耗 xiāo hào to consume / to use up / to deplete / to expend / (old) news / mail / message
消防 xiāo fáng firefighting / fire control
消灭 xiāo miè to put an end to / to annihilate / to cause to perish / to perish / annihilation (in quantum field theory)
消化 xiāo huà to digest (food) / (fig.) to absorb (information etc) / to assimilate / to process
消毒 xiāo dú to disinfect / to sterilize
消极 xiāo jí negative / passive / inactive
消逝 xiāo shì to fade away
消遣 xiāo qiǎn to while the time away / amusement / pastime / recreation / to make sport of
消散 xiāo sàn to dissipate
消瘦 xiāo shòu to waste away / to become thin
消磨 xiāo mó to wear down / to sap / to whittle away / to while away / to idle away
消退 xiāo tuì to wane / to vanish gradually
消炎 xiāo yán to reduce fever / antipyretic / to decrease inflammation
消亡 xiāo wáng to die out / to wither away
消沉 xiāo chén to sink into despondency / (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish / to plummet
消融 xiāo róng to melt (e.g. an icecap)
消受 xiāo shòu to bear / to enjoy (usually in negative combination, meaning unable to enjoy)
消肿 xiāo zhǒng to reduce swelling / detumescence / (fig.) to streamline (a bloated bureaucracy etc)
消解 xiāo jiě to eliminate / to dispel / resolution
消去 xiāo qù to eliminate
消灾 xiāo zāi to avoid calamities
消魂 xiāo hún overwhelmed (with joy, sorrow etc) / to feel transported
消暑 xiāo shǔ to spend a summer holiday / to beat the summer heat
消气 xiāo qì to cool one's temper
消声 xiāo shēng sound dissipation / noise reduction
消音 xiāo yīn to silence
消夜 xiāo yè nighttime snack / late-night supper
消弭 xiāo mǐ (literary) to eliminate / to put an end to
消长 xiāo zhǎng to ebb and rise / to decrease and then grow
消闲 xiāo xián to spend one's leisure time / to idle away the time
消食 xiāo shí to aid digestion
消渴 xiāo kě condition characterized by thirst, hunger, frequent urination and weight loss, identified in TCM with type 2 diabetes
消夏 xiāo xià to spend the summer / to take a summer vacation
消释 xiāo shì to dispel (doubts) / to clear up (misunderstanding)
消光 xiāo guāng (optics) extinction
消金 xiāo jīn consumer finance (abbr. for 消費金融|消费金融[xiao1 fei4 jin1 rong2])
消泯 xiāo mǐn to eliminate / to obliterate
消杀 xiāo shā to sterilize / to disinfect / to kill / to exterminate (insects, pathogens etc)
消蚀 xiāo shí to corrode / to erode / to wear away (lit. and fig.)
消损 xiāo sǔn wear and tear / to wear away over time
消停 xiāo tíng to calm down / to stop / to pause / calmly / peaceful / restful
消隐 xiāo yǐn to hide / to retreat into privacy
消元 xiāo yuán elimination (math) / to eliminate one variable from equations
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消费者 xiāo fèi zhě consumer
消费品 xiāo fèi pǐn consumer goods
消费税 xiāo fèi shuì consumption tax / sales tax
消化道 xiāo huà dào digestive tract
消防车 xiāo fáng chē fire engine / fire truck
消耗量 xiāo hào liàng rate of consumption
消毒剂 xiāo dú jì disinfectant
消防队 xiāo fáng duì fire brigade / fire department
消防员 xiāo fáng yuán firefighter / fireman
消耗掉 xiāo hào diào consumption
消炎药 xiāo yán yào anti-inflammatory medicine
消防局 xiāo fáng jú fire department
消耗品 xiāo hào pǐn consumable goods / expendable item
消声器 xiāo shēng qì noise reduction equipment
消费国  consuming country
消音器 xiāo yīn qì silencer
消火栓 xiāo huǒ shuān fire hydrant
消防栓 xiāo fáng shuān fire hydrant
消化液 xiāo huà yè digestive fluid
消炎片 xiāo yán piàn antipyretic tablet (to reduce fever), such as sulfanilamide
消保官 xiāo bǎo guān consumer protection officer (Tw)
消毒法 xiāo dú fǎ sterilization
消防署 xiāo fáng shǔ fire station
消防桶 xiāo fáng tǒng fire bucket
消费券 xiāo fèi quàn voucher / coupon
消费群 xiāo fèi qún consumer group
消耗战 xiāo hào zhàn war of attrition
消化管 xiāo huà guǎn digestive tube / gut
消化酒 xiāo huà jiǔ digestif
消化酶 xiāo huà méi digestive enzyme
消化腺 xiāo huà xiàn digestive glands
消基会 Xiāo jī huì Consumers' Foundation, Chinese Taipei (CFCT) (abbr. for 中華民國消費者文教基金會|中华民国消费者文教基金会)
消极性 xiāo jí xìng passive / passivity / negative / negativity
消歧义 xiāo qí yì to remove ambiguity / disambiguation (in Wikipedia)
消石灰 xiāo shí huī calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2 / slaked lime
消食儿 xiāo shí r erhua variant of 消食[xiao1 shi2]
消闲儿 xiāo xián r erhua variant of 消閒|消闲[xiao1 xian2]
消焰剂 xiāo yàn jì flame inhibitor / inhibitor
消化不良 xiāo huà bù liáng indigestion
消化系统 xiāo huà xì tǒng digestive system / gastrointestinal tract
消防队员 xiāo fáng duì yuán fireman
消防设备 xiāo fáng shè bèi fire protection equipment
消防系统  fire safety system
消愁解闷 xiāo chóu jiě mèn lit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom) / diversion from boredom / to dispel depression or melancholy / to relieve stress / a relaxing pass-time
消费资料 xiāo fèi zī liào consumption data / consumer goods
消除冲突  deconfliction
消费价值  consumptive value
消散因素  sink factors
消费平滑  consumption smoothing
消耗性的  expendable
消费贫穷  consumption poverty
消防干事  Fire Officer
消毒设备  disinfection equipment
消防喉辘  firefighting hose reel
消旋天线  despun antenna
消防助理  Fire Protection Assistant
消除毒剂 xiāo chú dú jì decontamination
消除锯齿 xiāo chú jù chǐ anti-alias (computer graphics)
消除贫穷 xiāo chú pín qióng poverty eradication
消除歧义 xiāo chú qí yì to disambiguate
消毒煮桶 xiāo dú zhǔ tǒng boiler
消防规范 xiāo fáng guī fàn fire code
消防能力 xiāo fáng néng lì firefighting capacity
消防水龙 xiāo fáng shuǐ lóng fire hose
消防通道 xiāo fáng tōng dào fire exit / (firefighting) fire lane
消防演习 xiāo fáng yǎn xí fire drill
消防主任 xiāo fáng zhǔ rèn fire safety director
消费金融 xiāo fèi jīn róng consumer finance
消费器件 xiāo fèi qì jiàn consumer
消化能力 xiāo huà néng lì absorptive capacity
消减人员 xiāo jiǎn rén yuán labour shedding
消极用户 xiāo jí yòng hù passive user
消磨时间 xiāo mó shí jiān to kill time
消消停停 xiāo xiāo tíng tíng intermittently
消息队列 xiāo xi duì liè message queue (computing)
消息来源 xiāo xi lái yuán web feed / news feed / syndicated feed
消息灵通 xiāo xi líng tōng to be well-informed
消灾避邪 xiāo zāi bì xié to avoid calamities and evil spirits
消费合作社 xiāo fèi hé zuò shè consumer cooperative
消退排放量  recession discharge
消旋吗拉胺  racemoramide
消耗臭氧层  ozone layer depletion / ozone depletion
消遣性药物  recreational drug
消费后废物  post-consumer waste
消防工程师  Fire Protection Engineer
消费者教育  consumer education
消毒洗手液 xiāo dú xǐ shǒu yè hand sanitizer
消防指挥所 xiāo fáng zhǐ huī suǒ fire command station
消费者保护 xiāo fèi zhě bǎo hù consumer protection (law)
消耗性财产 xiāo hào xìng cái chǎn expendable property
消耗性使用 xiāo hào xìng shǐ yòng consumptive use
消极使用者 xiāo jí shǐ yòng zhě passive user
消息灵通人士 xiāo xi líng tōng rén shì well-informed source / person with inside information
消费物价指数  consumer price index
消除饥饿行动  Action Against Hunger
消防安全干事  Fire Safety Officer
消防软管卷盘  firefighting hose reel
消防喷淋系统  sprinkler system
消防和安全股  Fire and Safety Unit
消防安全计划  fire safety plan
消除斑点噪声 xiāo chú bān diǎn zào shēng speckle noise removal / speckle-noise correction / despeckling filtering
消除非法作物 xiāo chú fēi fǎ zuò wù eradication of illicit crops
消防安全标志 xiāo fáng ān quán biāo zhì fire-safety sign
Approximate Results for 消
取消 qǔ xiāo to cancel / cancellation
打消 dǎ xiāo to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc) / to give up on
撤消 chè xiāo variant of 撤銷|撤销[che4 xiao1]
抵消 dǐ xiāo to counteract / to cancel out / to offset
不消 bù xiāo to not need / needless (to say)
只消 zhǐ xiāo to only need / it only takes
低消 dī xiāo minimum spend (stipulated by a restaurant, bar, club etc) (abbr. for 最低消費|最低消费[zui4di1 xiao1fei4])
对消 duì xiāo in equilibrium / to cancel out (of opposite forces) (physics)
开消 kāi xiāo variant of 開銷|开销[kai1 xiao1]
抹消 mǒ xiāo to erase / to wipe
洗消 xǐ xiāo decontamination
夜消 yè xiāo variant of 夜宵[ye4 xiao1]
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吃不消 chī bu xiāo to be unable to tolerate or endure / to find sth difficult to manage
吃得消 chī de xiāo to be able to endure (exertion, fatigue etc) / to be able to afford
低消费 dī xiāo fèi low level of spending / small expenditure
碳抵消 tàn dǐ xiāo carbon neutral / carbon offsetting
洗消场 xǐ xiāo chǎng decontaminating field
洗消剂 xǐ xiāo jì decontaminant / decontaminating agent
烟消云散 yān xiāo yún sàn to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear
小道消息 xiǎo dào xiāo xi hearsay / gossip
能源消费 néng yuán xiāo fèi energy consumption
参考消息 Cān kǎo Xiāo xī Reference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper)
冰消瓦解 bīng xiāo wǎ jiě to melt like ice and break like tiles / to disintegrate / to dissolve
马路消息 mǎ lù xiāo xī radio trottoir
杳无消息 yǎo wú xiāo xī see 杳無音信|杳无音信[yao3 wu2 yin1 xin4]
与时消息 yǔ shí xiāo xi variable with the times / transient / impermanent
物种消失  loss of species
粮食消费  food consumption
热量消耗  heat exhaustion
逐步取消  phase-out
中间消耗  intermediate consumption
非消费用  non-consumptive
波状消光 bō zhuàng xiāo guāng (geology) undulose extinction
超前消费 chāo qián xiāo fèi excessive consumption / spending beyond one's means
撤消认证 chè xiāo rèn zhèng withdrawal of accreditation
此消彼长 cǐ xiāo bǐ zhǎng (idiom) one declines while the other flourishes / one loses out when the other one gains (as in a trade-off or a zero-sum game)
电力消费 diàn lì xiāo fèi power consumption
国内消费 guó nèi xiāo fèi domestic consumption
境外消费 jìng wài xiāo fèi consumption abroad
即时消息 jí shí xiāo xi instant message
内线消息 nèi xiàn xiāo xi insider information
取消订阅 qǔ xiāo dìng yuè to cancel a subscription / to unsubscribe (from a mailing list)
取消禁令 qǔ xiāo jìn lìng to lift a prohibition / to lift a ban
取消债务 qǔ xiāo zhài wù debt cancellation
取消资格 qǔ xiāo zī ge disqualification
三公消费 sān gōng xiāo fèi see 三公經費|三公经费[san1 gong1 jing1 fei4]
透露消息 tòu lù xiāo xi to disclose information
无福消受 wú fú xiāo shòu unfortunately cannot enjoy (idiom)
烟消云散 yān xiāo - yún sàn (idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear
厌氧消化 yàn yǎng xiāo huà anaerobic digestion
尾水消退 yǐ shuǐ xiāo tuì tail recession
云消雾散 yún xiāo wù sàn the clouds melt and the mists disperse (idiom) / to clear up / to vanish into thin air
走漏消息 zǒu lòu xiāo xi to divulge secrets
最终消费 zuì zhōng xiāo fèi final consumption
耐用消费品 nài yòng xiāo fèi pǐn consumer durables
具体消耗量  energy intensity / specific consumption
非消费部分  non-consumption component
初级消费者  primary consumers
可持续消费  sustainable consumption
高级消防员  Senior Fire Officer
药物消费国  drug-consuming country
药物消费量  drug consumption
二级消费者 èr jí xiāo fèi zhě second-order consumers
干热消毒器 gān rè xiāo dú qì hot air sterilizer
家庭消费者 jiā tíng xiāo fèi zhě household consumer
吸附洗消剂 xī fù xǐ xiāo jì absorbing decontaminant
熏蒸消毒剂 xūn zhēng xiāo dú jì fumigant
营养消瘦症 yíng yǎng xiāo shòu zhèng nutritional marasmus / marasmus
医用消耗品 yī yòng xiāo hào pǐn medical consumable
2015年消除贫穷  End Poverty 2015
臭氧消耗物质  ozone-depleting compound / ozone-depleting substance
非消耗性价值  non-consumptive value
盐酸消旋啡烷  racemorphan hydrochloride
绿色抵消关税  green countervailing duties
粮食消费趋势  food consumption trends
牙科器械消毒  dental sterilizer
外科用消耗品  surgical consumables
设备消毒器具  equipment disinfection set
取消学费倡议  School Fee Abolition Initiative
实际个人消费  actual individual consumption
第三级消费者 dì sān jí xiāo fèi zhě third-order consumers
非消耗性财产 fēi xiāo hào xìng cái chǎn non-expendable property
非消耗性器材 fēi xiāo hào xìng qì cái non-expendable items
非消耗性用水 fēi xiāo hào xìng yòng shuǐ non-consumptive use
公共消费服务 gōng gòng xiāo fèi fù wù collective consumption service
固定资本消费 gù dìng zī běn xiāo fèi consumption of fixed capital
美国消防协会 měi guó xiāo fáng xié huì National
能源消耗型式 néng yuán xiāo hào xíng shì pattern of energy consumption
人均能源消费 rén jūn néng yuán xiāo fèi energy use per capita
万物必将消逝 wàn wù bì jiāng xiāo shì All
2000年消除核武器  Abolition 2000
国际消费者联会  Consumers International
水中加氯消毒法  water chlorination
臭氧消耗潜能值  ozone-depleting potential
抢险和消防设备  crash rescue and firefighting equipment
全球性消极因素  global negatives
保护消费者准则  Guidelines for consumer protection
妇女与消除贫穷  Women and the eradication of poverty
酒石酸消旋吗喃  racemorphan tartrate
侵犯消费者权益  consumer offences
世界消除饥饿年 shì jiè xiāo chú jī è nián World Hunger Year
营养缺乏性消瘦 yíng yǎng quē fá xìng xiāo shòu nutritional marasmus / marasmus
中国消费者协会 Zhōng guó Xiāo fèi zhě Xié huì China Consumers' Association (CCA)
可持续消费和生产  sustainable consumption and production
家庭服务消费分类  classification of household consumption of services
酒石酸消旋甲吗喃  racemethorphan tartrate
关税和消费税务局  Customs and Excise Office
世界消费者权利日  World Consumer Rights Day
全球消除贫穷基金  global poverty eradication fund
保护消费者的法律  consumer legislation
全球化与消除贫穷  Globalization and the eradication of poverty
携手消除儿童饥饿  Ending Child Hunger in Partnership
开发署消除贫穷奖  Poverty Eradication Award
家庭实际最终消费 jiā tíng shí jì zuì zhōng xiāo fèi actual final consumption of households
居民消费价格指数 jū mín xiāo fèi jià gé zhǐ shù consumer price index CPI
全球消灭脊灰倡议 quán qiú xiāo miè jǐ huī chàng yì Global Polio Eradication Initiative
双氢氯化消旋吗拉胺  racemoramide dihydrochloride
重酒石酸消旋吗拉胺  racemoramide bitartrate
可持续消费和生产处  Sustainable Consumption and Production Branch / SCP Branch
南亚消除小武器网络  South Asian Small Arms Network
空气监测与消除石棉  Air Monitoring and Asbestos Abatement
社会消费分布专家组  Expert Group on the Distribution of Social Consumption
非洲保护消费者会议  Africa Conference on Consumer Protection
去氧麻黄碱外消旋体  metamfetamine racemate / metamphetamine racemate
联合国消除贫穷十年 lián hé guó xiāo chú pín qióng shí nián United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
社会发展和消除贫穷司  Social Development and Poverty Elimination Division
国家污染排放消除系统  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
全球消除贫穷行动呼吁  Global Call to Action against Poverty
可持续消费专题讨论会  Symposium on Sustainable Consumption
机构间消除贫穷工作组  Inter-agency Working Group on Poverty Elimination
国际消费者联合会组织  International Organization of Consumers Unions
国际消防安全系统规则 guó jì xiāo fáng ān quán xì tǒng guī zé International Code for Fire Safety System / FSS Code
一般政府实际最终消费 yī pán zhèng fǔ shí jì zuì zhōng xiāo fèi actual final consumption of general government
可持续生产和消费工作组  Working Group on Sustainable Production and Consumption
艾滋病相关性消瘦综合征  HIV wasting syndrome / AIDS wasting syndrome / AIDS-associated wasting
外地消耗品和供应品系统  Field Expendable and Supplies system
世界濒临消亡语言分布图  Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger of Disappearing
逐步淘汰消耗臭氧层物质  phase out of ozone-depleting substances
欧洲学校消费者教育会议  European Conference on Consumer Education in Schools
人口－住户消费预测模式  Population-Household Consumption Projection Model
欧洲消费者教育人员网络  European Network of Consumer Educators
堪培拉消除核武器委员会  Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
国际消防和救援服务协会  International Association of Fire and Rescue Services
韩国保护消费者公民联盟 hán guó bǎo hù xiāo fèi zhě gōng mín lián méng Korean Citizens Alliance for the Protection of Consumers
南太平洋消费者保护方案 nán tài píng yáng xiāo fèi zhě bǎo hù fāng àn South Pacific Consumer Protection Programme
2000年消除全球数字鸿沟倡议  Global Digital Divide Initiative 2000
按目的划分的个人消费分类  Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose
欧洲联盟消费者协商委员会  Consumers Consultative Council of the European Union
可持续消费和生产工作方桉  Work Programme on Sustainable Consumption and Production
对有害环境的消费实行征税  levy on environmentally harmful consumption
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