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hào
v. consume, cost; waste (time)
80%     120%
Other meanings
[hào]   char. bad news
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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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nǐ yīng gāi háo hǎo xué xí, bù néng bǎ shí jiān hào zài diàn nǎo yóu xì shang .
phr. You should study hard, don't waste your time playing computer games.
xiāo hào
v./n. consume, use up; consumption
hào shí
adj./v. time-consuming; take a period of (amount of time)
hào shuǐ liàng
n. water consumption
hào néng
v. consume energy
hào yóu
v. (of a vehicle or cooking) consume petrol or oil