Chinese word dictionary

消遣

xiāoqiǎn · to while the time away; amusement; pastime; recreation; to make sport of

Practice word

Word information

Simplified消遣

Traditional消遣

Pinyinxiāoqiǎn

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

消xiāo

news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish

遣qiǎn

to send, to dispatch; to exile, to send off

How to learn 消遣

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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取消qǔxiāo

to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind

消息xiāoxi

(piece of) news; information; message; CL:條|条[tiao2]

消费xiāofèi

to consume (goods and services, resources etc)

消费者xiāofèizhě

consumer

消化xiāohuà

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

消极xiāojí

negative; passive; inactive