消化

xiāo huà
HSK 5
digest, digestion, digestive
verb
noun

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.

Individual Characters

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

Words with similar meanings

吸收xīshōu
absorb
More specifically refers to the intake of nutrients, whereas '消化' covers the entire process of breaking down food.
消灭xiāomiè
eliminate
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

消息xiāo xi
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
to consume
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
恶化è huà
worsen

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