耗

hào

consume, use up; waste, squander

How to write 耗, stroke by stroke

to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally

Pictophonetic: semantic 耒 (plow), phonetic 毛

Made of 耒 + 毛

消耗xiāo hàoto consume; to use up; to deplete; to expend; (old) news; mail; message
耗尽hào jìnto exhaust; to use up; to deplete; to drain
耗子hào zi(dialect) mouse; rat
耗费hào fèito waste; to spend; to consume; to squander
噩耗è hàonews of sb's death; sad news
耗时hào shítime-consuming; to take a period of (x amount of time)
低耗dī hàolow consumption (energy, fuel etc)
伤耗shāng hàodamage (e.g. to goods in transit)
内耗nèi hàointernal friction; internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics); fig. waste or discord within an organization
功耗gōng hàoelectric consumption; power wastage
回耗huí hàoto write back; to send a reply
折耗shé hàoloss of goods; damage to goods; shrinkage

我的力气耗尽了。
wǒ de lì qi hào jìn le 。
My strength is all gone.
我们消耗了所有的自然资源。
wǒ men xiāo hào le suǒ yǒu de zì rán zī yuán 。
We have consumed all the natural resources.
整个过程需要耗费数月。
zhěng gè guò chéng xū yào hào fèi shù yuè 。
The whole process will take months.
我的车子很耗油。
wǒ de chē zi hěn hào yóu 。
My car burns a lot of gas.
这是一件十分耗时的工作。
zhè shì yí jiàn shí fēn hào shí de gōng zuò 。
This is a very time-consuming task.