See also: 消费

Chinese edit

 
consume; news; subside
consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish
 
to cost; to spend; fee
to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname
trad. (消費)
simp. (消费)

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Verb edit

消費

  1. to consume (goods and services)
  2. to spend money (especially at a place of business); to make purchases; to shop
    消費體驗消费体验  ―  xiāofèi tǐyàn  ―  shopping experience
    減少儲蓄增加消費 [MSC, trad.]
    减少储蓄增加消费 [MSC, simp.]
    jiǎnshǎo chǔxù, zēngjiā xiāofèi [Pinyin]
    to save less and spend more

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Noun edit

消費

  1. consumption (of goods and services); spending
    消費模式消费模式  ―  xiāofèi móshì  ―  consumption pattern
    消費信心消费信心  ―  xiāofèi xìnxīn  ―  consumer confidence
    消費需求消费需求  ―  xiāofèi xūqiú  ―  consumer demand
  2. cost of living; living expenses
    澳大利亞消費 [MSC, trad.]
    澳大利亚消费 [MSC, simp.]
    Àodàlìyà xiāofèi gāo ma? [Pinyin]
    Is the cost of living in Australia high?

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  • (cost of living):

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Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 3

Grade: 5
on’yomi

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Noun edit

(しょう)() (shōhiせうひ (seufi)?

  1. consumption, expenditure

Verb edit

(しょう)()する (shōhi surutransitive suru (stem (しょう)() (shōhi shi), past (しょう)()した (shōhi shita))

  1. consume, spend, use

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References edit

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

消費 (sobi) (hangeul 소비)

  1. Hanja form? of 소비 (consumption).