扫 sǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 彐 snout
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
扫除
sǎochú
to sweep away; to eliminate
Characters in this word
除 chú
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 余 surplus, remainder
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 要真正扫除贫困，不能只发放补贴，还要改善教育和就业机会。 Yào zhēnzhèng sǎochú pínkùn, bù néng zhǐ fāfàng bǔtiē, hái yào gǎishàn jiàoyù hé jiùyè jīhuì. To truly eliminate poverty, one cannot merely issue subsidies; education and employment opportunities must also be improved.
- 环卫工人每天清晨都要扫除街道。 Huánwèi gōngrén měitiān qīngchén dōu yào sǎochú jiēdào. Sanitation workers sweep the streets every early morning.
- 过年前我们把屋里屋外都扫除得干干净净。 Guònián qián wǒmen bǎ wū lǐ wū wài dōu sǎochú de gāngānjìngjìng. Before the New Year we swept everywhere in and around the house until it was spotless.
Related words
- 打扫 dǎsǎo to clean
- 扫 sǎo to sweep
- 清扫 qīngsǎo to sweep
- 扫描 sǎomiáo to scan
- 扫墓 sǎomù to visit and clean a grave; to pay respects at a grave
- 扫兴 sǎoxìng disappointing; to spoil the fun
- 扫帚 sàozhou broom
- 除了 chúle except; besides
- 拆除 chāichú to demolish; to remove
- 除非 chúfēi unless; only if
- 除夕 chúxī Chinese New Year's Eve
- 解除 jiěchú to remove; to cancel