"掃除" meaning in Chinese

See 掃除 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /sou̯³³ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /so⁵⁵ t͡sʰu¹¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /sau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɯ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /sau²¹⁻⁴¹ tu²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /sau²¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /sau¹¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /sau²¹⁻⁴¹ ti²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /sau²¹⁻⁵³ ti¹³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɯ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/, /sou̯³³ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/, /so⁵⁵ t͡sʰu¹¹/, /sau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɯ²⁴/, /sau²¹⁻⁴¹ tu²³/, /sau²¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/, /sau¹¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/, /sau²¹⁻⁴¹ ti²³/, /sau²¹⁻⁵³ ti¹³/, /sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɯ²⁴/ Chinese transliterations: sǎochú [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄙㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], sou³ ceoi⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], so-chhù [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], sàu-tîr, sàu-tû, sàu-tî, sò͘-tîr, sǎochú [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄙㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], sǎochú [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], sao³-chʻu² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], sǎu-chú [Mandarin, Yale, standard], saochwu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], саочу [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], saoču [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sou chèuih [Cantonese, Yale], sou³ tsoey⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sou³ cêu⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], so-chhù [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], so^ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], cuˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], so⁴ cu² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], sàu-tîr [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], sàu-tîr [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], sàu-tû [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], sàu-tû [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], sao'duu [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], sàu-tî [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], sàu-tî [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], sao'dii [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], sò͘-tîr [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], sòo-tîr [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo] Forms: 扫除
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 掃除
  1. to clear away; to sweep away; to clean with a brush
    Sense id: en-掃除-zh-verb-bXzRhW~r
  2. (figurative) to eradicate; to wipe out Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-掃除-zh-verb-fGrHkxzV Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Hygiene Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Hygiene: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 大掃除 (dàsǎochú), 大扫除 (dàsǎochú), 掃盲 (sǎománg), 扫盲 (sǎománg), 掃除天下, 扫除天下
Synonyms: [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 打掃 (dǎsǎo), 打扫 (dǎsǎo), , , 掃灑 (sǎosǎ) [Min-Nan, literary], 扫洒 (sǎosǎ) [Min-Nan, literary], 摒掃 [Hakka, Hokkien], 摒扫 [Hakka, Hokkien], 清掃 (qīngsǎo), 清扫 (qīngsǎo), , 免除 (miǎnchú), [colloquial], [in-compounds, literary], 削除 (xuēchú), 去掉 (qùdiào), 去除 (qùchú), 報銷 (bàoxiāo) [figuratively, humorous], 报销 (bàoxiāo) [figuratively, humorous], 屏除 (bǐngchú), 廓清 (kuòqīng), 打掉 (dǎdiào), 排解 (páijiě), 排除 (páichú), 摒除 (bìngchú), (chè), 撤除 (chèchú), (xiāo), 消弭 (xiāomǐ) [literary], 消解 (xiāojiě), 消釋 (xiāoshì) [figuratively], 消释 (xiāoshì) [figuratively], 消除 (xiāochú), 淘汰 (táotài), 清洗 (qīngxǐ) [figuratively], 清除 (qīngchú), (pò) [in-compounds, literary], 破壞 (pòhuài), 破坏 (pòhuài), 破除 (pòchú), 祛除 (qūchú), , , 翦落 (jiǎnluò) [literary], 肅清 (sùqīng), 肃清 (sùqīng), (dàng) [in-compounds, literary], (dàng) [in-compounds, literary], 解釋 (jiěshì) [archaic], 解释 (jiěshì) [archaic], 解除 (jiěchú), (chú), (chú), 鏟除 (chǎnchú), 铲除 (chǎnchú), , 除去 (chúqù), 除忒 [Hakka], 除掉 (chúdiào), 除開 (chúkāi), 除开 (chúkāi), 革除 (géchú), 驅散 (qūsàn), 驱散 (qūsàn), 驅走 (qūzǒu), 驱走 (qūzǒu), 驅除 (qūchú), 驱除 (qūchú)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dàsǎochú",
      "word": "大掃除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dàsǎochú",
      "word": "大扫除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sǎománg",
      "word": "掃盲"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sǎománg",
      "word": "扫盲"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "掃除天下"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "扫除天下"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "扫除",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "掃除",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to clear away; to sweep away; to clean with a brush"
      ],
      "id": "en-掃除-zh-verb-bXzRhW~r",
      "links": [
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ],
        [
          "away",
          "away"
        ],
        [
          "sweep",
          "sweep"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Hygiene",
          "orig": "zh:Hygiene",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to eliminate illiteracy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "sǎochú wénmáng",
          "text": "掃除文盲",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to eliminate illiteracy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "sǎochú wénmáng",
          "text": "扫除文盲",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to eradicate; to wipe out"
      ],
      "id": "en-掃除-zh-verb-fGrHkxzV",
      "links": [
        [
          "eradicate",
          "eradicate"
        ],
        [
          "wipe out",
          "wipe out"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to eradicate; to wipe out"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sǎochú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sou³ ceoi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "so-chhù"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tîr"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tû"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tî"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sò͘-tîr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sǎochú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sǎochú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sao³-chʻu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sǎu-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saochwu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "саочу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saoču"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sou chèuih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sou³ tsoey⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sou³ cêu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sou̯³³ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "so-chhù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "so^"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "so⁴ cu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/so⁵⁵ t͡sʰu¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tîr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tîr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɯ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sao'duu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁴¹ tu²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau¹¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sao'dii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁴¹ ti²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁵³ ti¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sò͘-tîr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sòo-tîr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɯ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ sàu-tû /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sou̯³³ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/so⁵⁵ t͡sʰu¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɯ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁴¹ tu²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau¹¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁴¹ ti²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁵³ ti¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɯ²⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "劐"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dǎsǎo",
      "word": "打掃"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dǎsǎo",
      "word": "打扫"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "掃"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "扫"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sǎosǎ",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "掃灑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sǎosǎ",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "扫洒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "摒掃"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "摒扫"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīngsǎo",
      "word": "清掃"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīngsǎo",
      "word": "清扫"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "免"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "miǎnchú",
      "word": "免除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "刷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "削"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xuēchú",
      "word": "削除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qùdiào",
      "word": "去掉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qùchú",
      "word": "去除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bàoxiāo",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "humorous"
      ],
      "word": "報銷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bàoxiāo",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "humorous"
      ],
      "word": "报销"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bǐngchú",
      "word": "屏除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kuòqīng",
      "word": "廓清"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dǎdiào",
      "word": "打掉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "páijiě",
      "word": "排解"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "páichú",
      "word": "排除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bìngchú",
      "word": "摒除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chè",
      "word": "撤"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chèchú",
      "word": "撤除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xiāo",
      "word": "消"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xiāomǐ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "消弭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xiāojiě",
      "word": "消解"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xiāoshì",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "消釋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xiāoshì",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "消释"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xiāochú",
      "word": "消除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "táotài",
      "word": "淘汰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīngxǐ",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "清洗"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qīngchú",
      "word": "清除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pò",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "破"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pòhuài",
      "word": "破壞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pòhuài",
      "word": "破坏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pòchú",
      "word": "破除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qūchú",
      "word": "祛除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "罷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "罢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiǎnluò",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "翦落"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sùqīng",
      "word": "肅清"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sùqīng",
      "word": "肃清"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dàng",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "蕩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dàng",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "荡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiěshì",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "解釋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiěshì",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "解释"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiěchú",
      "word": "解除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chú",
      "word": "鋤"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chú",
      "word": "锄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chǎnchú",
      "word": "鏟除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chǎnchú",
      "word": "铲除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chúqù",
      "word": "除去"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "除忒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chúdiào",
      "word": "除掉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chúkāi",
      "word": "除開"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chúkāi",
      "word": "除开"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "géchú",
      "word": "革除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qūsàn",
      "word": "驅散"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qūsàn",
      "word": "驱散"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qūzǒu",
      "word": "驅走"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qūzǒu",
      "word": "驱走"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qūchú",
      "word": "驅除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qūchú",
      "word": "驱除"
    }
  ],
  "word": "掃除"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Advanced Mandarin",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 掃",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 除",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zh:Hygiene"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "dàsǎochú",
      "word": "大掃除"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàsǎochú",
      "word": "大扫除"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sǎománg",
      "word": "掃盲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sǎománg",
      "word": "扫盲"
    },
    {
      "word": "掃除天下"
    },
    {
      "word": "扫除天下"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "扫除",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "掃除",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to clear away; to sweep away; to clean with a brush"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ],
        [
          "away",
          "away"
        ],
        [
          "sweep",
          "sweep"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to eliminate illiteracy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "sǎochú wénmáng",
          "text": "掃除文盲",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to eliminate illiteracy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "sǎochú wénmáng",
          "text": "扫除文盲",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to eradicate; to wipe out"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eradicate",
          "eradicate"
        ],
        [
          "wipe out",
          "wipe out"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to eradicate; to wipe out"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sǎochú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sou³ ceoi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "so-chhù"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tîr"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tû"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tî"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sò͘-tîr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sǎochú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄙㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sǎochú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sao³-chʻu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sǎu-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saochwu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "саочу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saoču"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sou chèuih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sou³ tsoey⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sou³ cêu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sou̯³³ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "so-chhù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "so^"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "so⁴ cu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/so⁵⁵ t͡sʰu¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tîr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tîr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɯ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sao'duu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁴¹ tu²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau¹¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sao'dii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁴¹ ti²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁵³ ti¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sò͘-tîr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sòo-tîr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɯ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ sàu-tû /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sou̯³³ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/so⁵⁵ t͡sʰu¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɯ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁴¹ tu²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau¹¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁴¹ ti²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁵³ ti¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɯ²⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "劐"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dǎsǎo",
      "word": "打掃"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dǎsǎo",
      "word": "打扫"
    },
    {
      "word": "掃"
    },
    {
      "word": "扫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sǎosǎ",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "掃灑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sǎosǎ",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "扫洒"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "摒掃"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "摒扫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīngsǎo",
      "word": "清掃"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīngsǎo",
      "word": "清扫"
    },
    {
      "word": "免"
    },
    {
      "roman": "miǎnchú",
      "word": "免除"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "刷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "削"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuēchú",
      "word": "削除"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qùdiào",
      "word": "去掉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qùchú",
      "word": "去除"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bàoxiāo",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "humorous"
      ],
      "word": "報銷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bàoxiāo",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "humorous"
      ],
      "word": "报销"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǐngchú",
      "word": "屏除"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kuòqīng",
      "word": "廓清"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dǎdiào",
      "word": "打掉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "páijiě",
      "word": "排解"
    },
    {
      "roman": "páichú",
      "word": "排除"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bìngchú",
      "word": "摒除"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chè",
      "word": "撤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chèchú",
      "word": "撤除"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāo",
      "word": "消"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāomǐ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "消弭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāojiě",
      "word": "消解"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāoshì",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "消釋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāoshì",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "消释"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāochú",
      "word": "消除"
    },
    {
      "roman": "táotài",
      "word": "淘汰"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīngxǐ",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "清洗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīngchú",
      "word": "清除"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pò",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "破"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pòhuài",
      "word": "破壞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pòhuài",
      "word": "破坏"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pòchú",
      "word": "破除"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qūchú",
      "word": "祛除"
    },
    {
      "word": "罷"
    },
    {
      "word": "罢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎnluò",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "翦落"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sùqīng",
      "word": "肅清"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sùqīng",
      "word": "肃清"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàng",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "蕩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàng",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "荡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiěshì",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "解釋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiěshì",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "解释"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiěchú",
      "word": "解除"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chú",
      "word": "鋤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chú",
      "word": "锄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎnchú",
      "word": "鏟除"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎnchú",
      "word": "铲除"
    },
    {
      "word": "除"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chúqù",
      "word": "除去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "除忒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chúdiào",
      "word": "除掉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chúkāi",
      "word": "除開"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chúkāi",
      "word": "除开"
    },
    {
      "roman": "géchú",
      "word": "革除"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qūsàn",
      "word": "驅散"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qūsàn",
      "word": "驱散"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qūzǒu",
      "word": "驅走"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qūzǒu",
      "word": "驱走"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qūchú",
      "word": "驅除"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qūchú",
      "word": "驱除"
    }
  ],
  "word": "掃除"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 掃除 meaning in Chinese (8.1kB)

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ)'",
  "path": [
    "掃除"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "掃除",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "掃除"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "掃除",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "page/2196",
  "msg": "parse_linkage_recurse unhandled NodeKind.URL: <URL(['https://wiki.local/w/index.php?action=edit&title=Thesaurus%3A%E6%89%93%E6%8E%83'], ['edit']){} >",
  "path": [
    "掃除"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "掃除",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "page/2196",
  "msg": "parse_linkage_recurse unhandled NodeKind.URL: <URL(['https://wiki.local/w/index.php?action=edit&title=Thesaurus%3A%E6%8E%92%E9%99%A4'], ['edit']){} >",
  "path": [
    "掃除"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "掃除",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.