消化
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
消化 (xiāohuà) · to digest
消化 (xiāohuà) means “to digest; digestion”. It is written with 2 characters: 消 (news) + 化 (-ize). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 消化 is built
The characters
消 xiāo · news
What 消 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 肖xiào — to resemble
- ⺌ — structural part
- ⺼ — meat
Origin hint: 氵 gives the meaning, 肖 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
化 huà · -ize
What 化 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 匕bǐ — spoon
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 丿 — falling stroke
Example sentences
吃得太快不好消化。Chī de tài kuài bù hǎo xiāohuà.Eating too fast is bad for digestion.
这么多知识，你消化得了吗？Zhème duō zhīshi, nǐ xiāohuà de liǎo ma?Can you digest so much knowledge?
Questions about 消化
What does 消化 mean?
消化 (xiāohuà) means “to digest; digestion”.
How do you pronounce 消化?
消化 is pronounced xiāohuà.
Which HSK level is 消化?
消化 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 取消qǔxiāoto cancel
- 消费xiāofèito spend
- 消失xiāoshīto disappear
- 消息xiāoxinews
- 消极xiāojínegative
- 消除xiāochúto remove
- 消毒xiāodúto disinfect
- 消防xiāofángfirefighting
- 消耗xiāohàoto consume
- 消灭xiāomièto wipe out
Learn 消化 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 6: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.