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撤

chè

HSK 6 Character

What 撤 means

1. to remove; to take away

Example sentences

• 撤退！
  Retreat!
• 撤回前言。
  Chèhuí qiányán.
  I take back everything I said.
• 他们不得不后撤。
  Tāmen bùdébù hòuchè.
  They had no alternative but to retreat.
• 我想撤回我之前的陈述。
  Wǒ xiǎng chèhuí wǒ zhīqián de chénshù.
  I would like to retract my previous statement.
• 士兵们撤离了他们的阵地。
  Shìbīng men chèlí le tāmen de zhèndì.
  The soldiers retreated from their positions.
• 苏联军队开始从阿富汗撤军了。
  Sūlián jūnduì kāishǐ cóng āfùhàn chèjūn le.
  The Soviet troops started to withdraw from Afghanistan.

Words starting with 撤

• 撤退chè tuìto retreat
• 撤销chè xiāoto cancel; to revoke; to rescind; (computing) to undo
• 撤离chè líto withdraw from; to evacuate
• 撤出chè chūto withdraw; to leave; to retreat
• 撤回chè huíto recall; to revoke; to retract
• 撤走chè zǒuto retire; to remove; to withdraw
• 撤军chè jūnto withdraw troops; to retreat
• 撤职chè zhíto eliminate; to sack; to remove from office
• 撤掉chè diàoto cut; to throw out; to depose (from office)
• 撤换chè huànto dismiss and replace (sb); to replace (sb or sth)
• 撤下chè xiàto withdraw; to remove (from a place); to remove from office
• 撤并chè bìngto consolidate; to merge
• 撤兵chè bīngto withdraw troops; to retreat
• 撤档chè dàng(of a film, TV drama etc) to be withdrawn from release…
• 撤款chè kuǎnto withdraw money
• 撤营chè yíngto withdraw troops
• 撤诉chè sùto drop a lawsuit
• 撤除chè chúto remove; to dismantle
• 撤稿chè gǎoto withdraw a submission; to retract a submission (to a newspaper, magazine, journal etc)
• 撤侨chè qiáoto evacuate (e.g. foreign civilians from a war zone)
• 撤消chè xiāovariant of 撤销

Words containing 撤

• 后撤hòu chèto pull back (an army); to retreat
• 裁撤cái chèto dissolve (a department etc); to eliminate (positions)
• 不可撤销信用证bù kě chè xiāo xìn yòng zhèngirrevocable letter of credit

Characters built on 攵

These share the phonetic component 攵 (pū), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 澈chèclear (water); thorough
• 辙zhérut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. chè); (colloquial) the direction of traffic…

Characters that look like 撤

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 激jīto arouse; to incite; to excite
• 缴jiǎoto hand in; to hand over; to pay; to capture (weapons); to seize
• 撬qiàoto lift; to pry open; to lever open
• 辕yuánshaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen…
• 擞sǒuused in 抖擞
• 橛juéa peg; low post

Sounds the same

Read chè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 彻thorough; penetrating; to pervade
• 澈clear (water); thorough
• 掣to pull; to draw; to pull back
• 屮plants sprouting
• 坼to crack; to split; to break
• 呫used in 呫嚅