Chinese symbol for “dispel”
打消
dǎ xiāo
to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc); to give up on
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dispel is 打消 (dǎ xiāo), defined as: to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc); to give up on.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “dispel”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冰释 (冰釋) | bīng shì | to dispel (enmity, misunderstandings etc); to vanish (of misgivings, differences of opinion) |
| 祛除 | qū chú | to dispel; to clear |
| 消释 (消釋) | xiāo shì | to dispel (doubts); to clear up (misunderstanding) |
| 散 | sàn | to scatter; to break up (a meeting etc) |
| 化解 | huà jiě | to dissolve; to resolve (contradictions) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 打消.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打开 (打開) | dǎ kāi | to open; to show (a ticket) |
| 打击 (打擊) | dǎ jī | to hit; to strike |
| 打算 | dǎ suàn | to plan; to intend |
| 打电话 (打電話) | dǎ diàn huà | to make a telephone call |
| 打破 | dǎ pò | to break; to smash |
| 打败 (打敗) | dǎ bài | to defeat; to overpower |
| 消息 | xiāo xi | (piece of) news; information; message |
| 取消 | qǔ xiāo | to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dispel”.
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.