Chinese symbol for “wastage”
损耗
sǔn hào
Traditional: 損耗
loss; depletion; wastage; wear and tear; to incur loss; to waste; to consume (energy etc); (in engineering) loss (of energy, signal strength etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wastage is 损耗 (sǔn hào), defined as: loss; depletion; wastage; wear and tear; to incur loss; to waste; to consume (energy etc); (in engineering) loss (of energy, signal strength etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 损耗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 损失 (損失) | sǔn shī | loss; damage |
| 损害 (損害) | sǔn hài | harm; to damage |
| 亏损 (虧損) | kuī sǔn | deficit; (financial) loss |
| 损伤 (損傷) | sǔn shāng | to harm; to damage |
| 损坏 (損壞) | sǔn huài | to damage; to injure |
| 受损 (受損) | shòu sǔn | to suffer damage |
| 消耗 | xiāo hào | to consume; to use up; to deplete; to expend |
| 耗费 (耗費) | hào fèi | to waste; to spend |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wastage”.
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.