消費

See also: 消费

Chinese

		consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish	to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname
trad. (消費)		消	費
simp. (消费)		消	费

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāofèi

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠㄈㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ fai³
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sieo¹ hi⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siau-hùi

(Teochew, Peng'im): siou¹ hui³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāofèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠㄈㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siaofèi
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-fei⁴
  - Yale: syāu-fèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaufey
  - Palladius: сяофэй (sjaofɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu¹ fai³
  - Yale: sīu fai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ fai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ fei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ fɐi̯³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo¹ hi⁴ [Phonetic: sieo² hi⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sa̤u-hi̍
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬieu⁵³³⁻¹³ hi⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo¹ hi⁴ [Phonetic: sieo² hi⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬieu⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ hi⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-hùi
  - Tâi-lô: siau-huì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siau'huix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² hui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siau³³ hui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² hui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ hui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ hui²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siou¹ hui³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siou hùi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siou³³⁻²³ hui²¹³/

Verb

消費

to consume (goods and services)
to spend money (especially at a place of business); to make purchases; to shop
消費體驗／消费体验 ― xiāofèi tǐyàn ― shopping experience

減少儲蓄，增加消費 [MSC, trad.]
减少储蓄，增加消费 [MSC, simp.]
jiǎnshǎo chǔxù, zēngjiā xiāofèi [Pinyin]
to save less and spend more

Synonyms

(to spend money): 耗費／耗费 (hàofèi), 花費／花费 (huāfèi), 開銷／开销 (kāixiāo), 開支／开支 (kāizhī), (polite) 破費／破费 (pòfèi), (literary, or in compounds) 破 (pò), (Hokkien) 開舉／开举, (Hokkien) 開用／开用, (Hokkien) 開使用／开使用

Noun

消費

consumption (of goods and services); spending
消費模式／消费模式 ― xiāofèi móshì ― consumption pattern

消費信心／消费信心 ― xiāofèi xìnxīn ― consumer confidence

消費需求／消费需求 ― xiāofèi xūqiú ― consumer demand
cost of living; living expenses
澳大利亞消費高嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
澳大利亚消费高吗？ [MSC, simp.]
Àodàlìyà xiāofèi gāo ma? [Pinyin]
Is the cost of living in Australia high?

Synonyms

(cost of living):

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生活成本 (shēnghuó chéngběn)
生活費 / 生活费 (shēnghuófèi)
生活費用 / 生活费用 (shēnghuó fèiyòng)

Derived terms

大量消費期 / 大量消费期 (dàliàng xiāofèi qī)
平均消費傾向 / 平均消费倾向 (píngjūn xiāofèi qīngxiàng)
消費主義 / 消费主义 (xiāofèi zhǔyì)
消費借貸 / 消费借贷 (xiāofèi jièdài)
消費價格指數 / 消费价格指数 (xiāofèi jiàgé zhǐshù)
消費力 / 消费力 (xiāofèilì)
消費區 / 消费区 (xiāofèiqū)
消費合作社 / 消费合作社 (xiāofèi hézuòshè)
消費品 / 消费品 (xiāofèipǐn)
消費產品 / 消费产品 (xiāofèi chǎnpǐn)
消費稅 / 消费税 (xiāofèishuì)
消費者 / 消费者 (xiāofèizhě)
消費觀 / 消费观 (xiāofèiguān)
消費財 / 消费财 (xiāofèicái)
炫耀性消費 / 炫耀性消费 (xuànyàoxìng xiāofèi)
綠色消費 / 绿色消费 (lǜsè xiāofèi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (消費):

→ Japanese: 消費(しょうひ) (shōhi)
→ Korean: 소비(消費) (sobi)
→ Vietnamese: tiêu phí (消費)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
消	費
しょう Grade: 3	ひ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょーひ [shòóhí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) しょーひ [shóꜜòhì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːçi]

Noun

消(しょう)費(ひ) • (shōhi) ^{←せうひ (seufi)^?}

consumption, expenditure

Verb

消(しょう)費(ひ)する • (shōhi suru) transitive suru (stem 消(しょう)費(ひ)し (shōhi shi), past 消(しょう)費(ひ)した (shōhi shita))

consume, spend, use

Conjugation

Conjugation of "消費する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	消費し	しょうひし	shōhi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	消費し	しょうひし	shōhi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	消費する	しょうひする	shōhi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	消費する	しょうひする	shōhi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	消費すれ	しょうひすれ	shōhi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	消費せよ¹ 消費しろ²	しょうひせよ¹ しょうひしろ²	shōhi seyo¹ shōhi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	消費される	しょうひされる	shōhi sareru
Causative	消費させる消費さす	しょうひさせるしょうひさす	shōhi saseru shōhi sasu
Potential	消費できる	しょうひできる	shōhi dekiru
Volitional	消費しよう	しょうひしよう	shōhi shiyō
Negative	消費しない	しょうひしない	shōhi shinai
Negative continuative	消費せず	しょうひせず	shōhi sezu
Formal	消費します	しょうひします	shōhi shimasu
Perfective	消費した	しょうひした	shōhi shita
Conjunctive	消費して	しょうひして	shōhi shite
Hypothetical conditional	消費すれば	しょうひすれば	shōhi sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Derived terms

消(しょう)費(ひ)者(しゃ) (shōhisha, “consumer”)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
消	費

Noun

消費 • (sobi) (hangeul 소비)

hanja form^? of 소비 (“consumption”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
消	費

Noun

消費

chữ Hán form of tiêu phí (“consumption”)

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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