xiāo

  1. xiāo verb to vanish; to die out; to eliminate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 除去 (Guoyu '消' v 1; Unihan '消')
  2. xiāo verb to melt; to dissolve
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 溶解; for example, 冰消瓦解 'disintegrate' (Giles 1892 '消'; Guoyu '消' v 5; Kroll 2015 '消' 1)
  3. xiāo verb to consume; to use up; to spend
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 耗损 or 耗费; for example, 消费 'spend' (Giles 1892 '消'; Guoyu '消' v 5; Kroll 2015 '消' 1b)
  4. xiāo verb to lessen; to diminish; to decline
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 減退 or 衰退 (Giles 1892 '消'; Guoyu '消' v 3; Kroll 2015 '消' 1a)
  5. xiāo verb to disperse
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 散失 (Giles 1892 '消'; Guoyu '消' v 2; Kroll 2015 '消' 1a)
  6. xiāo verb to be necessary; must; need to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 需要; for example, 不消说 'does not need to be said' (Giles 1892 '消'; Guoyu '消' v 8; Kroll 2015 '消' 5)
  7. xiāo verb to cancel; to eliminate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '消' 1c)
  8. xiāo verb to accept; to enjoy
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 享受 (Guoyu '消' v 7; Kroll 2015 '消' 3)
  9. xiāo verb to be worth a certain amount
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 值得 (Guoyu '消' v 11; Kroll 2015 '消' 4)
  10. xiāo verb to pass time; to while the time away
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 消遣 (Guoyu '消' v 4)
  11. xiāo verb can be restrained
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 消遣 (Guoyu '消' v 10)
  12. xiāo noun news
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 音讯 (Guoyu '消' n)

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