耗
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Time-consuming in Chinese: 耗时 (hào shí)

hào shí

time-consuming

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 耗時1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1time-consuming
  2. 2to take a period of (x amount of time)

Stroke order

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耗
时

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ㄏㄠˋ

hào

ㄏ/ hㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕˊ

shí

ㄕ/ shˊ/ second tone

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耗时

Simplified

耗時

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这项研究非常耗时，做了好几年。

    zhè xiàng yán jiū fēi cháng hào shí， zuò le hǎo jǐ nián。

    This research is very time-consuming; it took several years.

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Related words

时

shí

o'clock

耗

hào

to waste

时候

shí hou

time

时间

shí jiān

time

小时

xiǎo shí

hour

按时

àn shí

on time

当时

dāng shí

then

及时

jí shí

timely

平时

píng shí

ordinarily

暂时

zàn shí

temporary

准时

zhǔn shí

on time

临时

lín shí

as the time draws near

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