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干掉 (gàn diào) — to kill (colloquial); to finish off, to get rid of

Definition

Colloquial 'to kill / finish off / get rid of' — usually spoken or in video-game contexts, more vivid than plain 杀 or 处理.

verb
to kill (colloquial)to finish offto get rid of

Examples

  • 干掉。
    Nà ge pàn tú bèi tā men mì mì gàn diào le.
    That traitor was secretly killed by them.
  • 干掉，。
    Wǒ men kuài bǎ zhè wǎn miàn gàn diào, bù rán jiù liáng le.
    Let's finish this bowl of noodles quickly, or it'll get cold.
  • 干掉。
    Zài yóu xì lǐ tā gàn diào le suǒ yǒu dí rén.
    In the game, he eliminated all enemies.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

干gāndo
掉diàooff

干 with 掉 suggests doing something until it is gone.

Characters in this word

The simplified 干 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (饼干, 干杯) it is 乾; in others (干, 干活儿) (干扰) it is 幹 or 干.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 乾; 干 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
乙乙yǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
倝
倝gàn乾gān
Same sound today
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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
卓
卓zhuó掉diào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

掉 is built from 扌 (a hand) and 卓, which gives the pronunciation.

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