耗
to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally
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How 耗 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
耒 (semantic, “plow”) + 毛 (phonetic, máo)
How to remember it
consume · Heisig RSH #2849
Christmas tree + 毛 fur
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 毛
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 毛 (máo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毛 sound component | máo | hair, fur, feathers; coarse |
| 耄 | mào | selderly person; old, senile |
| 髦 | máo | fashionable, in vogue; mane, flowing hair |
| 酕 | máo | drunk, blotto |
Words containing 耗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耗油量 | hào yóu liàng | fuel consumption |
| 狗拿耗子 | gǒu ná hào zi | lit. a dog who catches mice; to be meddlesome (idiom) |
| 消耗战 | xiāo hào zhàn | war of attrition |
| 消耗量 | xiāo hào liàng | rate of consumption |
| 消耗品 | xiāo hào pǐn | consumable goods; expendable item |
| 耗子 | hào zi | (dialect) mouse; rat |
| 耗子尾汁 | hào zi wěi zhī | you're on your own (pun on 好自為之|好自为之[hao3 zi4 wei2 zhi1]) |
| 耗电 | hào diàn | to consume electricity; power consumption |
| 耗力 | hào lì | to require much effort |
| 耗时耗力 | hào shí hào lì | requiring much time and effort |
| 耗时 | hào shí | time-consuming; to take a period of (x amount of time) |
| 瞎猫碰上死耗子 | xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi | a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom); blind luck |
| 音耗 | yīn hào | message |
| 回耗 | huí hào | to write back; to send a reply |
| 内耗 | nèi hào | internal friction; internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics); fig. waste or discord wi… |
| 油耗 | yóu hào | fuel consumption |
| 耗能 | hào néng | to consume energy |
| 能耗 | néng hào | energy consumption |
| 耗失 | hào shī | (of sth that should be retained: nutrients, moisture, heat etc) to be lost |
| 猫哭耗子 | māo kū hào zi | the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence; crocodile t… |