抵
消

To counteract in Chinese: 抵消 (dǐ xiāo)

dǐ xiāo

to counteract

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to counteract
  2. 2to cancel out
  3. 3to offset

Stroke order

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抵
消

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄧˇ

dǐ

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

ㄒㄧㄠ

xiāo

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

Example sentences

See 抵消 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这笔收入正好抵消了那笔损失。

    zhè bǐ shōu rù zhèng hǎo dǐ xiāo le nà bǐ sǔn shī。

    This income exactly offset that loss.

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Related words

消

xiāo

to diminish

消息

xiāo xi

news

取消

qǔ xiāo

to cancel

消费

xiāo fèi

to consume

消化

xiāo huà

to digest (food)

消灭

xiāo miè

to put an end to

消失

xiāo shī

to disappear

消除

xiāo chú

to eliminate

消毒

xiāo dú

to disinfect

消防

xiāo fáng

firefighting

消极

xiāo jí

negative

抵达

dǐ dá

to arrive

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