消

• 拼音: xiāo
• 汉字拆解: 氵= water radical (flowing away); 肖 = 小 + 月 (flesh reduced — diminishing)

含义

To disappear; to eliminate; to cause something to vanish or dissipate.

Used as a verb base in many compounds (消失、消灭、消化、消费). On its own it conveys the idea of something fading away or being done away with. Appears in formal and literary contexts.

例句

1. 寒气随着太阳升起而逐渐消散，清晨变得温暖起来。
2. 多年的积怨在一次坦诚的交谈后终于消于无形。
3. 他试图用忙碌的工作消去内心深处难以言说的失落感。

用法指南

语境: literature, emotion, philosophy

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 随着调解的深入推进，双方之间的矛盾逐渐消于无形。(As mediation progressed, the conflict between both sides gradually dissolved into nothing.)
• 这场大雨将夏日的酷热一消而尽，空气变得格外清新。(The heavy rain dispelled the summer heat entirely, leaving the air remarkably fresh.)

错误说法

• 消他 — 消 cannot take a person as its direct object alone; use 消灭敌人 or specify a compound verb

起源与历史

氵(water) + 肖 (diminish) — water diminishing, things fading away

文化背景

时代: Classical–Modern

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal