翦除

Chinese

		cut with scissors; scissors	remove; do away with; wipe out remove; do away with; wipe out; divide; except
trad. (翦除)		翦	除
simp. ^#(翦除)		翦	除

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎnchú

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄔㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zin² ceoi⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnchú
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄔㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnchú
  - Wade–Giles: chien³-chʻu²
  - Yale: jyǎn-chú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanchwu
  - Palladius: цзяньчу (czjanʹču)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    剪除
    減除 / 减除
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zin² ceoi⁴
  - Yale: jín chèuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzin² tsoey⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: jin² cêu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn³⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/

Verb

翦除

(literary) to eliminate; to annihilate
(literary) to reject; to exclude

Synonyms

(to eliminate):

亡
剪除 (jiǎnchú)
埋葬 (máizàng) (literary, figuratively)
打掉 (dǎdiào)
撲滅 / 扑灭 (pūmiè)
收拾 (colloquial)
根除 (gēnchú)
殄滅 / 殄灭 (tiǎnmiè) (literary)
殲滅 / 歼灭 (jiānmiè)
殺滅 / 杀灭 (shāmiè)
毀滅 / 毁灭 (huǐmiè)
泯絕 / 泯绝 (mǐnjué) (literary)
消滅 / 消灭 (xiāomiè)
滅亡 / 灭亡 (mièwáng)
滅殺 / 灭杀 (mièshā)
滅絕 / 灭绝 (mièjué)
絕滅 / 绝灭 (juémiè)
解決 / 解决 (jiějué)
討滅 / 讨灭 (tǎomiè) (literary)
遏絕 / 遏绝 (èjué) (literary)
除治 (chúzhì)

(to reject): 排斥 (páichì)