消耗

Chinese

		consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish	to waste; to spend; to consume to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; mouse; new
simp. and trad. (消耗)		消	耗
alt. forms		銷耗／销耗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāohào

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄏㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ hou³
• Min Nan (POJ): siau-hàu / siau-hòⁿ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiāohào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄏㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiauhaw
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ hou³
    • Yale: sīu hou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ hou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ hou³
    • IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ hou̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-hàu
    • Tâi-lô: siau-hàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siau'haux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² haʊ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiaʊ³³ haʊ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² haʊ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ haʊ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ haʊ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-hòⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siau-hònn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siau'hvox
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔ̃¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔ̃²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ̃²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ̃²¹/

Verb

消耗

1. (transitive, intransitive) to consume; to use up; to exhaust; to deplete; to drain; to expend

Noun

消耗

1. (archaic) news; message

---

Japanese

Kanji in this term
消	耗
しょう Grade: 3	もう Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

消耗 (hiragana しょうもう, rōmaji shōmō)

1. dissipation, exhaustion
2. wearing out

Verb

消耗する (hiragana しょうもう, rōmaji shōmō)

1. to consume, to use up, to exhaust (resources)
2. to wear out

Conjugation

Conjugation of "消耗する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	消耗し	しょうもうし	shōmō shi
Continuative (連用形)	消耗し	しょうもうし	shōmō shi
Terminal (終止形)	消耗する	しょうもうする	shōmō suru
Attributive (連体形)	消耗する	しょうもうする	shōmō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	消耗すれ	しょうもうすれ	shōmō sure
Imperative (命令形)	消耗せよ¹ 消耗しろ²	しょうもうせよ¹ しょうもうしろ²	shōmō seyo¹ shōmō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	消耗される	しょうもうされる	shōmō sareru
Causative	消耗させる 消耗さす	しょうもうさせる しょうもうさす	shōmō saseru shōmō sasu
Potential	消耗できる	しょうもうできる	shōmō dekiru
Volitional	消耗しよう	しょうもうしよう	shōmō shiyō
Negative	消耗しない	しょうもうしない	shōmō shinai
Negative continuative	消耗せず	しょうもうせず	shōmō sezu
Formal	消耗します	しょうもうします	shōmō shimasu
Perfective	消耗した	しょうもうした	shōmō shita
Conjunctive	消耗して	しょうもうして	shōmō shite
Hypothetical conditional	消耗すれば	しょうもうすれば	shōmō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative