耗子 hàozi, (dialect) mouse/rat 耗 hào, to waste/to spend/to consume/to squander/news/(coll.) to delay/to dilly-dally 消耗 xiāohào, to use up/to consume 耗尽 hàojìn, [耗盡], to exhaust/to use up/to deplete/to drain 耗费 hàofèi, [耗費], to waste/to spend/to consume/to squander 噩耗 èhào, news of sb's death/grievous news 损耗 sǔnhào, [損耗], wear and tear 耗时 hàoshí, [耗時], time-consuming/to take a period of (x amount of time) 耗资 hàozī, [耗資], to spend/expenditure/to cost 耗油量 hàoyóuliàng, fuel consumption 耗损 hàosǔn, [耗損], to waste 耗材 hàocái, consumables/to consume raw materials 油耗 yóuhào, fuel consumption 消耗量 xiāohàoliàng, rate of consumption 消耗战 xiāohàozhàn, [消耗戰], war of attrition 伤耗 shānghào, [傷耗], damage (e.g. to goods in transit) 低耗 dīhào, low consumption (energy, fuel etc) 内耗 nèihào, [內耗], internal friction/internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics)/fig. waste or di... 功耗 gōnghào, electric consumption/power wastage 回耗 huíhào, to write back/to send a reply 折耗 shéhào, loss of goods/damage to goods/shrinkage 损耗品 sǔnhàopǐn, [損耗品], consumables 核燃料燃耗 héránliàoránhào, nuclear fuel burnup 燃耗 ránhào, fuel consumption 狗拿耗子 gǒunáhàozi, lit. a dog who catches mice/to be meddlesome (idiom) 猫哭耗子 māokūhàozi, [貓哭耗子], the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence/cr... 生耗氧量 shēnghàoyǎngliàng, biological oxygen demand (BOD) 瞎猫碰上死耗子 xiāmāopèngshàngsǐhàozi, [瞎貓碰上死耗子], a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom)/blind luck 磨耗 móhào, wear and tear/wearing out by friction 耗力 hàolì, to require much effort 耗失 hàoshī, (of sth that should be retained: nutrients, moisture, heat etc) to be lost 耗散 hàosàn, to dissipate/to squander 耗时耗力 hàoshíhàolì, [耗時耗力], requiring much time and effort 耗能 hàonéng, to consume energy/energy consumption 音耗 yīnhào, message