消 xiāo HSK3 vanish Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: need All meanings 7 xiāo 7 diminish 4consume 2need 1 1 sentence for 消 (xiāo — need) 只消几天工夫就能做好。 zhǐ xiāo jǐ tiān gōngfu jiù néng zuò hǎo. It will only take a few days to get it done. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary