HSK 5 · Verbs

取消 qǔxiāo “to cancel” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 取消 means

  1. to cancel
  2. cancellation
  3. to call off
  4. to revoke
  5. to rescind

How to say 取消

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale取qǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale消xiāo1st tone, high and level

取消 in a sentence

  1. 我们的航班被取消了。

    Wǒmen de hángbān bèi qǔxiāo le.

    Our flight was cancelled.

    Sentence #10199249 from Tatoeba

  2. 比赛因为下雨取消了。

    Bǐsài yīnwèi xiàyǔ qǔxiāo le.

    The match was cancelled because of the rain.

    Sentence #337320 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 你能取消我的预订吗？

    Nǐ néng qǔxiāo wǒ de yùdìng ma?

    Could you cancel my booking?

    Sentence #833785 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 取消 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 取 (qǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
取qǔto take
  • 耳ear · ěr
  • 又again · yòu
The character 消 (xiāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
消xiāoto diminish; to subside
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 肖to resemble · xiàoSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 肖 (xiào) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiāo.

How to write 取消

取 8 strokes · 消 10 strokes

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

Words related to 取消

Words with 取

取qǔ · to take吸取xīqǔ · to absorb采取cǎiqǔ · to adopt or carry out (measures争取zhēngqǔ · to fight for录取lùqǔ · to admit (a student)索取suǒqǔ · to ask for取缔qǔdì · to ban无理取闹wúlǐqǔnào · to make trouble for no reason

Words with 消

消息xiāoxi · news消化xiāohuà · to digest (food or information)消失xiāoshī · to disappear消极xiāojí · negative消费xiāofèi · to consume消毒xiāodú · to disinfect消除xiāochú · to eliminate消耗xiāohào · to consume消灭xiāomiè · to wipe out消防xiāofáng · firefighting

More words: Common Verbs

抢qiǎng · to snatch瞧qiáo · to look at切qiē · to cut庆祝qìngzhù · to celebrate去世qùshì · to pass away缺乏quēfá · to lack燃烧ránshāo · to burn绕rào · to wind

FAQs

取消 (qǔxiāo) means “to cancel” or “cancellation”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it qǔxiāo: qǔ with a 3rd tone, then xiāo with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 取消 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type quxiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 取消 from the suggestions. Typing quxiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
取消 is an HSK 5 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.