"To consume" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 消费 | xiāo fèi | to consume (goods and services, resources etc) |   |
| 消耗 | xiāo hào | to consume / to use up / to deplete / to expend / (old) news / mail / message | |
| 耗费 | hào fèi | to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander | |
| 食用 | shí yòng | to eat / to consume / edible | |
| 吃掉 | chī diào | to eat up / to consume | |
| 摄入 | shè rù | to take in / to absorb / to consume / intake / consumption | |
| 摄食 | shè shí | to consume | |
| 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 | |
| 耗 | hào | to waste / to spend / to consume / to squander / news / (coll.) to delay / to dilly-dally | |
| 抏 | wán | to consume / to exhaust / to play | |
| 下肚 | xià dù | to consume (food or drink) / to eat / to drink | |
