| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 消 | xiāo | consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish | |
| 消除 | xiāo chú | to eliminate; to remove | |
| 消除毒劑 | 消除毒剂 | xiāo chú dú jì | decontamination |
| 消除對婦女一切形式歧視公約 | 消除对妇女一切形式歧视公约 | Xiāo chú duì Fù nǚ Yī qiè Xíng shì Qí shì Gōng yuē | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women |
| 消除鋸齒 | 消除锯齿 | xiāo chú jù chǐ | anti-alias (computer graphics) |
| 消毒 | xiāo dú | disinfect; sterilize | |
| 消防 | xiāo fáng | fire-fighting; fire control | |
| 消防車 | 消防车 | xiāo fáng chē | fire engine |
| 消防隊 | 消防队 | xiāo fáng duì | (n) fire brigade; fire department |
| 消防隊員 | 消防队员 | xiāo fáng duì yuán | fireman |
| 消防局 | xiāo fáng jú | fire department | |
| 消防栓 | xiāo fáng shuān | fire hydrant | |
| 消費 | 消费 | xiāo fèi | to consume |
| 消費品 | 消费品 | xiāo fèi pǐn | (n) consumer goods |
| 消費稅 | 消费税 | xiāo fèi shuì | (n) consumption duty (tax); sales tax |
| 消費者 | 消费者 | xiāo fèi zhě | consumer |
| 消耗 | xiāo hào | to use up; to consume | |
| 消耗量 | xiāo hào liàng | rate of consumption | |
| 消化 | xiāo huà | digest; digestion; digestive | |
| 消化系統 | 消化系统 | xiāo huà xì tǒng | gastrointestinal tract |
| 消極 | 消极 | xiāo jí | passive |
| 消滅 | 消灭 | xiāo miè | perish; cause to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory) |
| 消遣 | xiāo qiǎn | amusement; pastime; diversion | |
| 消去 | xiāo qù | eliminate | |
| 消失 | xiāo shī | disappear; fade away | |
| 消逝 | xiāo shì | (n) disappearance | |
| 消退 | xiāo tuì | (v) wane | |
| 消息 | xiāo xi | news; information | |
| 消息靈通人士 | 消息灵通人士 | xiāo xi líng tōng rén shì | a well-informed source; a person with inside information |
| 消炎 | xiāo yán | decrease inflammation | |
| 消炎藥 | 消炎药 | xiāo yán yào | antibiotic medicine |
| 消音器 | xiāo yīn qì | muffler |
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