HSK C3/W3/V7-9
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/ xiāo /
Strokes

Definition

to disappear/to vanish/to eliminate/to spend (time)/have to/need

Example

As a Verb
disappear; vanish; taper into nothingness
1
Tīng
le
zhè
huà
  
,
de
xiāo
le
  

Her anger died at these words.

2
Zhǒng
xiāo
le
  

The swelling has gone down.

3
Bīng
xiāo
le
  

The ice melted.

As a Verb
eliminate; remove; dispel
4
Xiāo
消去
wèizhīshù
未知数

remove/eliminate an unknown quantity

As a Verb
pass time (in a leisurely way); while away time
As a Verb
spend money
As a Verb
need; take