Chinese symbol for “eliminate”
消除
xiāo chú
to eliminate; to remove
The closest CC-CEDICT match for eliminate is 消除 (xiāo chú), defined as: to eliminate; to remove.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “eliminate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 排除 | pái chú | to eliminate; to remove |
| 除去 | chú qù | to eliminate; to remove |
| 破除 | pò chú | to eliminate; to do away with |
| 撤职 (撤職) | chè zhí | to eliminate; to sack |
| 除掉 | chú diào | to eliminate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 消除.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 消息 | xiāo xi | (piece of) news; information; message |
| 取消 | qǔ xiāo | to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind |
| 消费 (消費) | xiāo fèi | to consume (goods and services, resources etc) |
| 消失 | xiāo shī | to disappear; to fade away |
| 消费者 (消費者) | xiāo fèi zhě | consumer |
| 消灭 (消滅) | xiāo miè | to put an end to; to annihilate |
| 除了 | chú le | apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody ca |
| 废除 (廢除) | fèi chú | to abolish; to abrogate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “eliminate”.
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