內耗

Chinese

		inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior	to waste; to spend; to consume to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; mouse; new
trad. (內耗)		內	耗
simp. (内耗)		内	耗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nèihào

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄟˋ ㄏㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): noi⁶ hou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nèihào
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄟˋ ㄏㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nèihào
    • Wade–Giles: nei⁴-hao⁴
    • Yale: nèi-hàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neyhaw
    • Palladius: нэйхао (nɛjxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /neɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: noi⁶ hou³
    • Yale: noih hou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noi⁶ hou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: noi⁶ hou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔːi̯²² hou̯³³/

Noun

內耗

1. (physics) internal consumption

Verb

內耗

1. (figurative) to be consumed with “internal friction”; to consume one's energy on useless things such as introspection