Meaning of 消遣
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
xiāoqiǎn
- to while the time away
- amusement
- pastime
- recreation
- to make sport of
消遣 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
打牌是一种流行的消遣方式。
Playing cards is a popular pastime.
阅读是我的消遣。
Reading is my past-time.
玛丽最喜欢的消遣是读哲学书；至于汤姆，他比较喜欢自慰。
Mary's favourite pastime was reading philosophy books, while Tom, he preferred masturbating.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
消 xiāo · to diminish · 10 strokes
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遣 qiǎn · to send · 13 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 消遣.
| 消息 | xiāoxi | (piece of) news; information; message |
| 消失 | xiāoshī | to disappear; to fade away |
| 取消 | qǔxiāo | to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind |
| 消费 | xiāofèi | to consume (goods and services, resources etc) |
| 消化 | xiāohuà | to digest (food); (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process |
| 消除 | xiāochú | to eliminate; to remove |
| 消防 | xiāofáng | firefighting; fire control |
| 消毒 | xiāodú | to disinfect; to sterilize |
| 消极 | xiāojí | negative; passive |
| 消费者 | xiāofèizhě | consumer |
| 消灭 | xiāomiè | to put an end to; to annihilate |
| 消耗 | xiāohào | to consume; to use up; to deplete; to expend |
Questions about 消遣
What does 消遣 mean?
消遣 (xiāoqiǎn) means "to while the time away; amusement" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 消遣?
消遣 is made of 2 characters: 消 (10 strokes), 遣 (13 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.
Is 消遣 an HSK word?
Yes. 消遣 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.