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消费

xiāo fèi · xiao fei

Traditional 消費

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. to consume (goods and services, resources etc)
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Too much night market

  1. Liangliang

    这个(zhège)月(yuè)我(wǒ)的(de)消费(xiāofèi)太(tài)高(gāo)了(le)。

    My spending was too high this month.

  2. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)买(mǎi)什么(shénme)了(le)？

    What did you buy?

  3. Liangliang

    在(zài)夜市(yèshì)吃(chī)的(de)，每天(měitiān)消费(xiāofèi)五十(wǔshí)块(kuài)。

    I ate at the night market. I spend fifty yuan a day.

  4. Dengdeng

    少(shǎo)吃(chī)一点(yīdiǎn)，就(jiù)能(néng)少(shǎo)消费(xiāofèi)一点(yīdiǎn)。

    Eat a little less, and you spend a little less.

  5. Liangliang

    可是(kěshì)烤串(kǎochuàn)这么(zhème)香(xiāng)，我(wǒ)控制(kòngzhì)不了(bùliǎo)！

    But the skewers smell so good. I can't stop!

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2 examples
01

酒(jiǔ)的(de)消(xiāo)费(fèi)每(měi)年(nián)都(dōu)在(zài)上(shàng)升(shēng)。

Alcohol consumption is increasing every year.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

在(zài)日(rì)本(běn)生(shēng)活(huó)消(xiāo)费(fèi)很(hěn)高(gāo)。

Life in Japan is expensive.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sadhen · English by Eldad · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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消
xiāo

to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce

费
fèi

to cost; to spend

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