耗 (hou3 | hao4) : consume; cost; expend; bad news

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耗

hou3

hao4

[1] [v] consume; cost; expend
[2] [n] bad news

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: 耒 (#127)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

耗

This word has been viewed 5885 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Mar 2014 13:51

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折耗 sit6 hou3 she2 hao4 = loss of goods; damage to goods; shrinkage

耗盡 hou3 zeon6 hao4 jin4 = exhaust; use up

損耗 syun2 hou3 sun3 hao4 = wear and tear

消耗 siu1 hou3 xiao1 hao4 = to consume; to use up

耗費 hou3 fai3 hao4 fei4 = consume; expend; squander; waste 國

音耗 jam1 hou3 yin1 hao4 = message

耗子 hou3 zi2 hao4 zi5 = [台] mouse, rat 國

貓哭耗子假慈悲 maau1 huk1 hou3 zi2 gaa2 ci4 bei1 mao1 ku1 hao4 zi5 jia3 ci2 bei1 = crocodile's tears; shedding false tears

虛耗 heoi1 hou3 xu1 hao4 = to consume without reason; to waste

噩耗 ngok6 hou3 e4 hao4 = grevious news of the passing away of a loved one
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Showing all 2 examples containing 耗

耗費多年國
To squander away the years.

你不用貓哭耗子假慈悲啦國
There's no need for you to shed crocodile tears!

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 耗
Unicode code for this character: U+8017 (off-site link)

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