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清理

qīng lǐ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

清理 (qīng lǐ) means "to clear up". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 清理 means

1. to clear up
2. to tidy up
3. to dispose of

The characters in 清理

• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 理lǐtexture; grain (of wood); inner essence

Example sentences

• 玛格清理桌子。
  Meg cleared her desk.
• 我清理了桌子。
  I cleared the table.
• 我们清理了浴缸。
  We cleaned the bath.
• 我要清理厕所了。
  I have to clean the bathroom.
• 清理镜子上的灰尘。
  Clean the dirt off the mirror.
• 汤姆正在清理花园。
  Tom is clearing the garden.

Words starting with 清理

• 清理队伍qīng lǐ duì wǔto purge the ranks

Where 清理 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qíng–qīng (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qīng lǐ correctly.
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