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消化

xiāo huà

HSK 5

digest, digestion, digestive

verb

noun

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Example Sentences

我们的身体需要消化食物才能获得能量。

wǒmen de shēntǐ xūyào xiāohuà shíwù cáinéng huòdé néngliàng 。

Our body needs to digest food to obtain energy.

消化是一个重要的生理过程。

xiāohuà shì yígè zhòngyào de shēnglǐ guòchéng 。

Digestion is an important physiological process.

他吃了很多食物，但消化得很慢。

tā chīle hěnduō shíwù ， dàn xiāohuà dé hěnmàn 。

He ate a lot of food, but digests very slowly.

Words with similar meanings

More specifically refers to the intake of nutrients, whereas '消化' covers the entire process of breaking down food.

消灭xiāomiè

Here, it is used in the sense of processing and removing waste, contrasting with '消化' which focuses on breaking down food.

Words Starting With 消

news; information

消失xiāo shī

to disappear; to fade away

消灭xiāo miè

to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)

消费xiāo fèi

消极xiāo jí

negative; passive; inactive

Words Ending With 化

变化biàn huà

change; variation; to change; to vary

文化wén huà

"culture; civilization; cultural

融化róng huà

to melt; to thaw; to dissolve; to blend into; to combine; to fuse

多元化duō yuán huà

diversification; pluralism; to diversify

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All words for the HSK 5 test

Illness & Hospital

Basic medical terminology, symptoms, doctor visits, medications.

Broad food-related words, general cuisine terms, eating habits.

Health & Fitness

Working out, exercise routines, gym vocabulary, healthy lifestyle.

Domain-Specific: Medical

Advanced clinical terms, pathologies, specialties, diagnostic processes.

Individual characters

消xiāo · to diminish, to subside, to consume›化huà · suffix (modernize, modernization)›