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清扫

qīng sǎo

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 清掃

清扫 (qīng sǎo) means "to tidy up; to mop up; a sweep (against crime)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 清扫 means

1. to tidy up
2. to mop up
3. a sweep (against crime)

The characters in 清扫

• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 扫sǎoto sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of…

Example sentences

• 清扫你的房间。
  Clean your room.
• 我父亲正在清扫车库。
  My father is sweeping the garage.
• 汤姆正在清扫人行道。
  Tom is sweeping the sidewalk.
• 我让她清扫了我的房间。
  Wǒ ràng tā qīngsǎo le wǒ de fángjiān.
  I got her to clean my room.
• 这房间是由汤姆清扫的。
  Zhè fángjiān shì yóu Tāngmǔ qīngsǎo de.
  The room was cleaned by Tom.
• 你从不清扫你的房间吗？
  Nǐ cóngbù qīngsǎo nǐ de fángjiān ma?
  Don't you ever clean your room?

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