删去 (shān qù) — to delete, to cross off

Definition

A written/formal verb for removing or crossing out text from a document or list. 删 is a more common everyday synonym; 删去 sounds more deliberate and is typical in editing, drafting, and red-pen contexts.

verb
to deleteto cross off

Examples

  • 删去。
    Qǐng bǎ zhè xiē cuò wù cóng míng dān shàng shān qù.
    Please delete these errors from the list.
  • 删去。
    Tā zài wén dàng zhōng shān qù le jǐ gè bú bì yào de duàn luò.
    He deleted several unnecessary paragraphs from the document.
  • 删去。
    Lǎo shī yòng hóng bǐ shān qù le nà ge xiě cuò de zì.
    The teacher crossed off the incorrectly written character with a red pen.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

删shāndelete
去qùaway

删 means delete and 去 indicates away, together to cross off.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 刪; 删 is its simplified writing.

  • 冊冊cèbamboo slips strung together
  • 刀刀dāoknife

The traditional form 刪 pairs 冊, bamboo slips strung together, with 刀, a knife; the simplified 删 is a later shorthand.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

去 pairs 大, a man, with 口, a mouth or object. The evidence reads this as a man leaving a place, a man opening his mouth, or a cover over an object.

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