消费

Character by character

• 消xiāo10 strokesHSK 3vanish, die out; melt away
• 费fèi9 strokesHSK 3 traditional 費expenses, expenditures, fee

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 消费. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 消息xiāo xiHSK 3

  news; information

• 免费miǎn fèiHSK 4

  free (of charge)

• 消失xiāo shīHSK 3

  to disappear; to fade away

• 取消qǔ xiāoHSK 3

  to cancel; cancellation

• 浪费làng fèiHSK 3

  to waste; to squander

• 费fèiHSK 3

  to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses

• 费用fèi yòngHSK 3

  cost; expenditure; expense

• 消防xiāo fángHSK 5

  firefighting; fire control

• 消除xiāo chúHSK 5

  to eliminate; to remove

• 消灭xiāo mièHSK 6

  to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)

• 收费shōu fèiHSK 3

  to charge a fee

• 消化xiāo huàHSK 4

  to digest (food); (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process

• 消xiāoHSK 7

  to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take

• 花费huā fèiHSK 6

  expense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure

• 学费xué fèiHSK 3

  tuition fee; tuition

• 消耗xiāo hàoHSK 6

  to use up; to consume

• 经费jīng fèiHSK 5

  funds; expenditure

• 消毒xiāo dúHSK 5

  to disinfect; to sterilize

• 消费者xiāo fèi zhěHSK 5

  consumer

• 消极xiāo jíHSK 5

  negative; passive; inactive

• 付费fù fèiHSK 7

  to pay; to cover the costs

• 生活费shēng huó fèiHSK 6

  cost of living; living expenses; alimony

• 耗费hào fèiHSK 7

  to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander

• 费劲fèi jìnHSK 7

  to require effort; strenuous