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取消

qǔ xiāo

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

取消 (qǔ xiāo) means "to cancel". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 取消 means

1. to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind

The characters in 取消

• 取qǔto take; to get; to choose
• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)

Example sentences

• 航班取消了
  Hángbān qǔxiāo le
  The flight was cancelled.
• 会议取消了。
  The meeting was called off.
• 我不能取消它。
  I can't undo it.
• 我该取消通话吗?
  Wǒ gāi qǔxiāo tōnghuà ma?
  Should I cancel the call?
• 公司取消了会议。
  The company cancelled the meeting.
• 杰克决定取消预约。
  Jack decided to cancel the reservations.

Words starting with 取消

• 取消关注qǔ xiāo guān zhùto unfollow

Where 取消 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Goals, Catalogs & Present State (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qǔ xiāo correctly.
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