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耗

hào

HSK 3.0 · 7–9

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

hào · hou3 (Jyutping)

  1. to waste
  2. to spend
  3. to consume
  4. to squander
  5. news
  6. (coll.) to delay
  7. to dilly-dally

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Character breakdown

耗

Meaning
consume, use up; waste, squander
Radical
耒
Strokes
10
Components
⿰耒毛
Cangjie
QDHQU
Four-corner
5291.4

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