耗时 hàoshí time-consuming
time-consuming; to take a period of (x amount of time)
How to remember 耗时: 耗 to consume + 时 time = time-consuming.
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How it is used
- 'Time-consuming' or 'to take (an amount of) time' - 这项工作很耗时 (zhè xiàng gōngzuò hěn hàoshí) this work eats up a lot of time; 耗时三年 (hàoshí sān nián) took three years.
- Stresses that something drains time, often with a nuance of too much; the 耗 (hào) implies wasteful consumption.
- Neutral-to-mildly-negative register.