消 xiāo

1. xiāo verb to vanish; to die out; to eliminate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 除去 (Guoyu '消' v 1; Unihan '消')
2. xiāo verb to melt; to dissolve
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 溶解; for example, 冰消瓦解 'disintegrate' (Giles 1892 '消'; Guoyu '消' v 5; Kroll 2015 '消' 1)
3. xiāo verb to consume; to use up; to spend
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 耗损 or 耗费; for example, 消费 'spend' (Giles 1892 '消'; Guoyu '消' v 5; Kroll 2015 '消' 1b)
4. xiāo verb to lessen; to diminish; to decline
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 減退 or 衰退 (Giles 1892 '消'; Guoyu '消' v 3; Kroll 2015 '消' 1a)
5. xiāo verb to disperse
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 散失 (Giles 1892 '消'; Guoyu '消' v 2; Kroll 2015 '消' 1a)
6. xiāo verb to be necessary; must; need to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 需要; for example, 不消说 'does not need to be said' (Giles 1892 '消'; Guoyu '消' v 8; Kroll 2015 '消' 5)
7. xiāo verb to cancel; to eliminate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '消' 1c)
8. xiāo verb to accept; to enjoy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 享受 (Guoyu '消' v 7; Kroll 2015 '消' 3)
9. xiāo verb to be worth a certain amount
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 值得 (Guoyu '消' v 11; Kroll 2015 '消' 4)
10. xiāo verb to pass time; to while the time away
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 消遣 (Guoyu '消' v 4)
11. xiāo verb can be restrained
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 消遣 (Guoyu '消' v 10)
12. xiāo noun news
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 音讯 (Guoyu '消' n)

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• 消愁解闷(消愁解悶) to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy; diversion from boredom; to dispel depression or melancholy; to relieve stress; a relaxing pass-time
• 消蚀(消蝕) erosion; wearing away; ablation
• 冰消瓦解 ice melts, tiles disintegrate; disintegrate
• 消防车(消防車) fire engine
• 超前消费(超前消費) excessive consumption; overspending on luxuries
• 无福消受(無福消受) unfortunately cannot enjoy
• 消石灰 calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2; slaked lime
• 消耗掉 consumption
• 抹消 to erase; to wipe
• 消化管 digestive tube; gut
• 消费税(消費稅) consumption tax; sales tax
• 消防栓 fire hydrant
• 音像消息 audiovisual information
• 消费者(消費者) consumer ; biological consumer
• 消费品(消費品) consumer goods
• 走漏消息 to divulge information
• 消保官 consumer protection officer
• 与时消息(與時消息) variable with the times; transient; impermanent
• 消化道 digestive tract
• 消毒法 sterilization
• 消防队员(消防隊員) fireman
• 消逝 to fade away
• 消灾(消災) to avoid calamities
• 取消禁令 to lift a prohibition; to lift a ban
• 消息灵通人士(消息靈通人士) well-informed source; person with inside information
• 打消 to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc); to give up on
• 消受 to bear; to enjoy (usually in negative combination, meaning unable to enjoy)
• 吃不消 to be unable to tolerate or endure; to find something difficult to manage
• 消耗战(消耗戰) war of attrition
• 消渴 condition characterized by thirst, hunger, frequent urination and weight loss
• 消化酒 digestif
• 支消 to expend [money]
• 消元 elimination; to eliminate one variable from equations
• 消魂 overwhelmed (with joy, sorrow etc); to feel transported
• 消灾避邪(消災避邪) to avoid calamities and evil spirits
• 只消 to only need; it only takes
• 撤消 to undo; to cancel
• 消歧义(消歧義) to remove ambiguity; to disambiguate
• 消融 to melt
• 消长(消長) to ebb and rise; to decrease and then grow
• 消音 to silence
• 消灭(消滅) to annihilate; to eliminate; to pass away ; annihilation
• 消炎药(消炎藥) anti-inflammatory medicine
• 茫消 niter; nitre; saltpeter; saltpetre
• 消火栓 fire hydrant
• 消化腺 digestive glands
• 消音器 silencer
• 消声器(消聲器) noise reduction equipment
• 消食儿(消食兒) to aid digestion
• 消极性(消極性) passivity; negativity

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• 卷五十四　列傳第四十二:　孫騰 高隆之 司馬子如 竇泰 尉景 婁昭 厙狄干 韓軌 段榮 斛律金 Volume 54 Biographies 42: Sun Teng, Gao Longzhi, Sima Ziru, Doutai, Wei Jing, Lou Zhao, She Digan, Han Gui, Duan Rong, Hu Lujin History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 16
• 卷21 列傳第13 尉遲迥 王謙 司馬消難 Volume 21 Biographies 13: Wei Chijiong; Wang Qian; Sima Xiaonan Book of Zhou 周書 — count: 14
• 卷三十四 志第十四: 曆三 Volume 34 Treatises 14: Calendar 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 11
• 卷三十六 楚元王傳 Volume 36: Prince Yuan of Chu --- Liu Xiang and Liu Xin Book of Han 漢書 — count: 9
• 卷五十二 志第五 天文五 Volume 52 Treatises 5: Astronomy 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 8
• 卷十　　周本紀下第十:　　高祖武帝 宣帝 靜帝 Volume 10 Northern Zhou Annals 1: Emperor Gaozu Wu, Emperor Xuan, Emperor Jing History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 8
• 卷三十一　列傳第十九:　高允 高祐 盧曹 Volume 31 Biographies 19: Gao Yun, Gao Yu, Lu Cao History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 8
• 卷二一　列傳第十三　 高乾 封隆之 Volume 21 Biographies 13: Gao Gan (Northern Qi); Feng Longzhi Book of Northern Qi 北齊書 — count: 8
• 卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
• 卷十一　隋本紀上第十一:　高祖文帝 Volume 11 Sui Annals 1: Emperor Gau Wen History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 6

Collocations

• 消摇 (消搖) 消搖於門 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 12
• 道消 (道消) 小人道消也 — Book of Changes 易經, 泰 Tai — count: 7
• 消伏 (消伏) 消伏災譴 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二 顯宗孝明帝紀 Volume 2: Annals of Emperor Xianzong Xiaoming — count: 4
• 可消 (可消) 然後妖異可消 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十下 郎顗襄楷列傳 Volume 30b: Biographies of Lang Yi; Xiang Kai — count: 4
• 务消 (務消) 其務消救灾眚 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五 孝安帝紀 Volume 5: Annals of Emperor Xiao'an — count: 3
• 灾消 (災消) 則災消而福至 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七下之下 五行志 Volume 27e: Treatise on the Five Elements 5 — count: 3
• 消烂 (消爛) 肌肉消烂 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十一 獨行列傳 Volume 81: Biographies of Loners — count: 2
• 消卦 (消卦) 消卦為觀 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七中之下 五行志 Volume 27c: Treatise on the Five Elements 3 — count: 2
• 冰消 (冰消) 守則淮南冰消 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十四 魏書十四 程郭董劉蔣劉傳 Volume 14: Book of Wei 14 - Biographies of Cheng, Dong, Guo, Liu, Jiang, and Liu — count: 2
• 消鼎 (消鼎) 以消鼎雉之災 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十七 杜欒劉李劉謝列傳 Volume 57: Biographies of Du, Luan, Liu, Li, Liu, Xie — count: 2