撤消 (chè xiāo) — to revoke, to cancel, to abolish | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to revoketo cancelto abolish

Examples

撤消。
Gōng sī chè xiāo le nà ge xiàng mù.
The company canceled that project.
撤消。
Zhèng fǔ jué dìng chè xiāo zhè xiàng zhèng cè.
The government decided to revoke this policy.
撤消。
Fǎ yuàn chè xiāo le tā de pàn jué.
The court revoked his verdict.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

The senses of 撤 and 消 combine to denote canceling or removing.

Characters in this word

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

徹

徹chè撤chè

Same sound today

撤 pairs 扌 (hand) with 徹, which gives the sound. The shape shows removing something by hand.

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

氵肖消

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

肖

肖xiào消xiāo

Same sound today

消 has 氵 (water) beside 肖. The water part connects to putting out or making something vanish, and 肖 gives the sound.

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