消除

Chinese

		consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish	remove; do away with; wipe out remove; do away with; wipe out; divide; except
trad. (消除)		消	除
simp. #(消除)		消	除

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāochú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄔㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ ceoi⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siau-tîr / siau-tû / siau-tî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siao¹ de⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāochú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄔㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaochú
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-chʻu²
    • Yale: syāu-chú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiauchwu
    • Palladius: сяочу (sjaoču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ ceoi⁴
    • Yale: sīu chèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ tsoey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ cêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-tîr
    • Tâi-lô: siau-tîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau³³ tɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-tû
    • Tâi-lô: siau-tû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siau'duu
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ tu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ tu²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² tu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-tî
    • Tâi-lô: siau-tî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siau'dii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² ti¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siao¹ de⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siau tṳ̂
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau³³⁻²³ tɯ⁵⁵/

Note: siao1 de5 - Shantou.

Verb

消除

1. to remove; to clear; to eliminate; to dispel

   消除隱患／消除隐患  ―  xiāochú yǐnhuàn  ―  to remove hidden dangers

   消除愚昧  ―  xiāochú yúmèi  ―  to eliminate ignorance

   消除感染  ―  xiāochú gǎnrǎn  ―  elimination of infection

Synonyms

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• 免
• 免除 (miǎnchú)
• 刷 (colloquial)
• 削 (literary, or in compounds)
• 削除 (xuēchú)
• 去掉 (qùdiào)
• 去除 (qùchú)
• 報銷 / 报销 (bàoxiāo) (figurative, humorous)
• 屏除 (bǐngchú)
• 廓清 (kuòqīng)
• 打掉 (dǎdiào)
• 掃 / 扫
• 排解 (páijiě)
• 排除 (páichú)
• 掃除 / 扫除 (sǎochú) (figurative)
• 摒除 (bìngchú)
• 撤 (chè)
• 撤除 (chèchú)
• 消 (xiāo)
• 消弭 (xiāomǐ) (literary)
• 消解 (xiāojiě)
• 消釋 / 消释 (xiāoshì) (figurative)
• 淘汰 (táotài)
• 清洗 (qīngxǐ) (figurative)
• 清除 (qīngchú)
• 破 (pò) (literary, or in compounds)
• 破壞 / 破坏 (pòhuài)
• 破除 (pòchú)
• 祛除 (qūchú)
• 罷 / 罢
• 翦落 (jiǎnluò) (literary)
• 肅清 / 肃清 (sùqīng)
• 蕩 / 荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 解釋 / 解释 (jiěshì) (archaic)
• 解除 (jiěchú)
• 鋤 / 锄 (chú)
• 鏟除 / 铲除 (chǎnchú)
• 除
• 除去 (chúqù)
• 除忒 (Hakka)
• 除掉 (chúdiào)
• 除開 / 除开 (chúkāi)
• 革除 (géchú)
• 驅散 / 驱散 (qūsàn)
• 驅走 / 驱走 (qūzǒu)
• 驅除 / 驱除 (qūchú)

Derived terms

• 消除飲食 / 消除饮食 (xiāochú yǐnshí)