耗 meaning in English

hào

to waste; to spend

HSK 7-9verb10 strokes

Meaning of 耗

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hào

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ的de耐nài心xīn快kuài要yào耗hào尽jìn了le。

My patience is nearing its limit.

我wǒ把bǎ旅lǚ费fèi耗hào光guāng了le。

I have run out of my traveling expenses.

我wǒ的de力lì气qì耗hào尽jìn了le。

My strength is all gone.

我wǒ的de车chē子zi很hěn耗hào油yóu。

My car burns a lot of gas.

这zhè是shì一yī件jiàn十shí分fēn耗hào时shí的de工gōng作zuò。

This is a very time-consuming task.

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Words that share a character with 耗.

消耗	xiāohào	to consume; to use up; to deplete; to expend
耗费	hàofèi	to waste; to spend
耗时	hàoshí	time-consuming; to take a period of (x amount of time)
能耗	nénghào	energy consumption
耗尽	hàojìn	to exhaust; to use up
耗子	hàozi	(dialect) mouse; rat
噩耗	èhào	news of sb's death; sad news

What does 耗 mean?

耗 (hào) means "to waste; to spend" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 耗?

耗 is made of 1 character: 耗 (10 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 耗 an HSK word?

Yes. 耗 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.