Chinese symbol for “annul”
注销
zhù xiāo
Traditional: 註銷
to cancel; to annul; to deregister; (accounting) to write off
The closest CC-CEDICT match for annul is 注销 (zhù xiāo), defined as: to cancel; to annul; to deregister; (accounting) to write off.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “annul”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 销 (銷) | xiāo | to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul |
| 宽免 (寬免) | kuān miǎn | to reduce payment; to annul (debts, bills, taxes etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 注销.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 注意 | zhù yì | to take note of; to pay attention to |
| 关注 (關注) | guān zhù | to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media); concern; interest; attention |
| 注册 (註冊) | zhù cè | to register; to enroll |
| 注重 | zhù zhòng | to pay attention to; to emphasize |
| 专注 (專注) | zhuān zhù | to focus; to concentrate; to give one's full attention |
| 注入 | zhù rù | to pour into; to empty into |
| 销售 (銷售) | xiāo shòu | to sell; to market |
| 撤销 (撤銷) | chè xiāo | to cancel; to revoke; to rescind; (computing) to undo |
See also: Japanese symbol for “annul”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.