"掃除" meaning in Chinese

See 掃除 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /sou̯³³ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /so⁵⁵ t͡sʰu¹¹/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /sau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɯ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /sau²¹⁻⁴¹ tu²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /sau²¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /sau¹¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /sau²¹⁻⁴¹ ti²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /sau²¹⁻⁵³ ti¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɯ²⁴/ [Hokkien, 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], sǎochú [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], sao³-chʻu² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], sǎu-chú [Mandarin, Yale], saochwu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], саочу [Mandarin, Palladius], saoču [Mandarin, Palladius], sou chèuih [Cantonese, Yale], sou³ tsoey⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sou³ cêu⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], so-chhù [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], so^ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], cuˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], so⁴ cu² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], sàu-tîr [Hokkien, POJ], sàu-tîr [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sàu-tû [Hokkien, POJ], sàu-tû [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sao'duu [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], sàu-tî [Hokkien, POJ], sàu-tî [Hokkien, Tai-lo], sao'dii [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], sò͘-tîr [Hokkien, POJ], sòo-tîr [Hokkien, 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 Categories (topical): Hygiene
    Sense id: en-掃除-zh-verb-fGrHkxzV Disambiguation of Hygiene: 0 100 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 24 76
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": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Hygiene",
          "orig": "zh:Hygiene",
          "parents": [
            "Health",
            "Body",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to eliminate illiteracy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "sǎochú wénmáng",
          "text": "掃除文盲",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "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"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sǎochú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sǎochú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sao³-chʻu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sǎu-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saochwu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "саочу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saoču"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "so-chhù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "so^"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "so⁴ cu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/so⁵⁵ t͡sʰu¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tîr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tîr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɯ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sao'duu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁴¹ tu²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau¹¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sao'dii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁴¹ ti²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁵³ ti¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sò͘-tîr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sòo-tîr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɯ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "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"
}
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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 掃",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 除",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Pages with 3 entries",
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      "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"
    },
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      "word": "扫除天下"
    }
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          "clear",
          "clear"
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          "away"
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          "sweep",
          "sweep"
        ]
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        "to eradicate; to wipe out"
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          "eradicate"
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    },
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      "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"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sǎochú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sǎochú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sao³-chʻu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sǎu-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saochwu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "саочу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saoču"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "so-chhù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "so^"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "so⁴ cu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/so⁵⁵ t͡sʰu¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tîr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tîr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɯ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sao'duu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁴¹ tu²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau¹¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sàu-tî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sao'dii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁴¹ ti²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sau²¹⁻⁵³ ti¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sò͘-tîr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sòo-tîr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɯ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "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/"
    }
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    {
      "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"
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      "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": [
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        "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"
    },
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      "roman": "qūchú",
      "word": "驅除"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qūchú",
      "word": "驱除"
    }
  ],
  "word": "掃除"
}

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