取消
qǔ xiāoㄑㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄠ
Sino-Vietnamese: THỦ TIÊU
Traditional: 取消
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 4
Meaning(verb)
to cancel; cancellation
Examples
因为下雨,比赛取消了。
yīn wèi xià yǔ, bǐ sài qǔ xiāo le.
The match was cancelled because of rain.
我想取消这个订单。
wǒ xiǎng qǔ xiāo zhè ge dìng dān.
I'd like to cancel this order.
航班取消了,我们只好改签。
háng bān qǔ xiāo le, wǒ men zhǐ hǎo gǎi qiān.
The flight was cancelled, so we had to rebook.
Easily confused
- 消灭 — Though read thủ tiêu (which in Vietnamese means 'eliminate, kill'), 取消 only means 'cancel'; for eliminating use 消灭 or 除掉.
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Stroke order
THỦ · 8 strokes
to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
TIÊU · 10 strokes
to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take
Related words
- 取 qǔ — to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
- 采取 cǎi qǔ — to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
- 争取 zhēng qǔ — to fight for; to strive for; to win over
- 录取 lù qǔ — to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam; to admit (a student); to hire (a job candidate)
- 吸取 xī qǔ — to absorb; to draw (a lesson, insight etc); to assimilate
- 无理取闹 wú lǐ qǔ nào — to make trouble without reason (idiom); to be deliberately provocative
- 取缔 qǔ dì — to suppress; to crack down on; to prohibit
- 摄取 shè qǔ — to absorb (nutrients etc); to assimilate; intake; to take a photograph of (a scene)