HSK 6 · Verbs

清除 qīngchú “to clear away” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 清除 means

  1. to clear away
  2. to get rid of
  3. to eliminate

How to say 清除

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale清qīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale除chú2nd tone, rising

清除 in a sentence

  1. 肥皂可以清除脏污。

    Féizào kěyǐ qīngchú zāngwū.

    Soap removes grime.

    Sentence #4071846 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 她帮我清除积雪。

    Tā bāng wǒ qīngchú jīxuě.

    She helped me clear away the snow.

    Sentence #893343 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 清除 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 清 (qīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
清qīngclear; clean
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 青blue-green · qīngSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 青 (qīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qīng.

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 清除

清 11 strokes · 除 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 清除

Words with 清

清楚qīngchu · clear清淡qīngdàn · light (of food清晨qīngchén · early morning清真qīngzhēn · halal澄清chéngqīng · to clarify清理qīnglǐ · to clear up清澈qīngchè · clear清洁qīngjié · clean清晰qīngxī · clear清醒qīngxǐng · sober

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排除páichú · to rule out消除xiāochú · to eliminate开除kāichú · to expel废除fèichú · to abolish

More words: Common Verbs

翘qiào · to stick up起草qǐcǎo · to draft欺负qīfu · to bully起哄qǐhòng · to stir up trouble清理qīnglǐ · to clear up倾斜qīngxié · to tilt欺骗qīpiàn · to deceive企图qǐtú · to attempt

FAQs

清除 (qīngchú) means “to clear away” or “to get rid of”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qīngchú: qīng with a 1st 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. 清除 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qingchu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 清除 from the suggestions. Typing qingchu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
清除 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.