Chinese symbol for “consume”
消费
xiāo fèi
Traditional: 消費
to consume (goods and services, resources etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for consume is 消费 (xiāo fèi), defined as: to consume (goods and services, resources etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “consume”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 消耗 | xiāo hào | to consume; to use up; to deplete; to expend |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc) |
| 下肚 | xià dù | to consume (food or drink); to eat; to drink |
| 食用 | shí yòng | to eat; to consume; edible |
| 摄食 (攝食) | shè shí | to consume |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 消费.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 消息 | xiāo xi | (piece of) news; information; message |
| 取消 | qǔ xiāo | to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind |
| 消失 | xiāo shī | to disappear; to fade away |
| 消费者 (消費者) | xiāo fèi zhě | consumer |
| 消灭 (消滅) | xiāo miè | to put an end to; to annihilate |
| 免费 (免費) | miǎn fèi | free (of charge) |
| 费用 (費用) | fèi yòng | cost; expenditure |
| 收费 (收費) | shōu fèi | to charge a fee |
See also: Japanese symbol for “consume”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.