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Dictionary › 耗
耗
hou3
Mandarin: hao4
colloquial
Definitions
  1. 1 to waste
  2. 2 to spend
  3. 3 to consume
  4. 4 to squander
  5. 5 news
  6. 6 (coll.) to delay colloquial
  7. 7 to dilly-dally
  8. 8 bad (crops)
  9. 9 # adapted from cc-cedict
Words containing 耗
虛耗
heoi1 hou3
to consume without reason; to waste
耗費
hou3 fai3
consume; expend; squander; waste
折耗
sit6 hou3
loss of goods; damage to goods; shrinkage
噩耗
ngok6 hou3
grevious news of the passing away of a loved one
損耗
syun2 hou3
(noun) Loss
音耗
jam1 hou3
message
耗盡
hou3 zeon6
exhaust; use up
耗子
hou3 zi2
[台] mouse, rat
貓哭耗子假慈悲
maau1 huk1 hou3 zi2 gaa2 ci4 bei1
pretends to show sympathy for something; to shed crocrodile tears
消耗
siu1 hou3
(verb) 1. Burning (calories etc.); 2. Spend (time etc.)
耗資
hou3 zi1
to spend (usually large sums of money)
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