Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- xiāo
English
- vanish, die out
- to diminish; to subside
- melt away
- 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
As a component in
Words containing 消
- 消費siu1 fai3
to consume (goods and services, resources etc)
- 消失siu1 sat1
to disappear; to fade away
- 消滅siu1 mit6
to put an end to
- 消除siu1 ceoi4
to eliminate
- 消耗siu1 hou3
to consume; to use up
- 消磨siu1 mo4
to wear down
- 消息siu1 sik1
(piece of) news; information
- 取消ceoi2 siu1
to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
- 消防siu1 fong4
firefighting
- 消化siu1 faa3
to digest (food)
- 消極siu1 gik6
negative
- 消毒siu1 duk6
to disinfect; to sterilize
- 消亡siu1 mong4
to die out
- 消散siu1 saan3
to dissipate
- 抵消dai2 siu1
to counteract
- 消費者siu1 fai3 ze2
consumer
- 打消daa2 siu1
to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc)
- 消逝siu1 sai6
to fade away
- 消沉siu1 cam4
to sink into despondency
- 消遣siu1 hin2
to while the time away
- 撤消cit3 siu1
variant of 撤銷|撤销[che4 xiao1]
- 消夜siu1 je2
nighttime snack
- 消瘦siu1 sau3
to waste away
- 消閒siu1 haan4
to spend one's leisure time