Chinese symbol for “consumption”
用量
yòng liàng
quantity used; usage; consumption; dose
The closest CC-CEDICT match for consumption is 用量 (yòng liàng), defined as: quantity used; usage; consumption; dose.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “consumption”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 用量.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use; to employ |
| 利用 | lì yòng | to exploit; to make use of |
| 用户 (用戶) | yòng hù | user; consumer |
| 采用 (採用) | cǎi yòng | to adopt; to employ |
| 应用 (應用) | yìng yòng | to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc) |
| 作用 | zuò yòng | to act on; to affect; action; function; activity |
| 力量 | lì liang | power; force; strength |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount; large quantity |
See also: Japanese symbol for “consumption”.
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.