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清除

qīng chú

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

清除 (qīng chú) means "to clear away; to eliminate; to get rid of". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 清除 means

1. to clear away
2. to eliminate
3. to get rid of

The characters in 清除

• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 除chúto get rid of; to remove; to exclude

Example sentences

• 她帮我清除积雪。
  Tā bāng wǒ qīngchú jīxuě.
  She helped me to clear snow away.
• 肥皂可以清除脏污。
  Féizào kěyǐ qīngchú zāng wū.
  Soap can clean grime.

Words containing 清除

• 种族清除zhǒng zú qīng chúethnic cleansing
• 自由基清除剂zì yóu jī qīng chú jìradical scavenger (chemistry)

Where 清除 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 chú correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.