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消化

xiāo huàㄒㄧㄠ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

Sino-Vietnamese: TIÊU HÓA

Traditional: 消化

HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 4

Meaning(verb, verbal noun)

to digest (food); (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process

Examples

  • 吃太快不容易消化。

    chī tài kuài bù róng yì xiāo huà.

    Eating too fast makes it hard to digest.

  • 最近我的消化不太好。

    zuì jìn wǒ de xiāo huà bú tài hǎo.

    My digestion hasn't been great lately.

  • 今天学的内容太多,我需要时间消化。

    jīn tiān xué de nèi róng tài duō, wǒ xū yào shí jiān xiāo huà.

    We covered too much today; I need time to digest it.

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Stroke order

TIÊU · 10 strokes

to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take

HOÁ · 4 strokes

variant of 花