HSK 6 · Verbs

排除 páichú “to rule out” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 排除 means

  1. to rule out
  2. to eliminate
  3. to remove
  4. to exclude

How to say 排除

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale排pái2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale除chú2nd tone, rising

排除 in a sentence

  1. 他把问题从脑子里排除了。

    Tā bǎ wèntí cóng nǎozi lǐ páichú le.

    He put the problem out of his mind.

    Sentence #686620 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你们要排除万难。

    Nǐmen yào páichú wànnán.

    You must overcome every difficulty.

    Sentence #1883692 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 排除 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 排 (pái) with each of its parts in a different colour
排páito arrange in order; to line up
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 非wrong · fēiSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 非 (fēi) hints at the sound. Compare it with pái.

The character 除 (chú) with each of its parts in a different colour
除chúto get rid of
  • 阝place
  • 余surplus · yú

How to write 排除

排 11 strokes · 除 9 strokes

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排除 (páichú) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 排除 (páichú). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 排除

Words with 排

排pái · to line up安排ānpái · to arrange排队páiduì · to line up排列páiliè · to arrange in order排斥páichì · to exclude排练páiliàn · to rehearse排放páifàng · to discharge

Words with 除

除了chúle · besides除夕Chúxī · lunar New Year’s Eve删除shānchú · to delete除非chúfēi · only if (…除chú · except解除jiěchú · to remove清除qīngchú · to clear away消除xiāochú · to eliminate开除kāichú · to expel废除fèichú · to abolish

More words: Common Verbs

扭转niǔzhuǎn · to turn around挪nuó · to move趴pā · to lie face down排斥páichì · to exclude徘徊páihuái · to pace back and forth盘旋pánxuán · to circle抛弃pāoqì · to abandon配备pèibèi · to equip

FAQs

排除 (páichú) means “to rule out” or “to eliminate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it páichú: pái with a 2nd tone, then chú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 排除 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type paichu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 排除 from the suggestions. Typing paichu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
排除 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.