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注销 (zhù xiāo) — to cancel (an account, membership, registration); (accounting) to write off

Definition

注销 means to cancel and formally close an account, registration, or membership — used for things already officially on record. More administrative than 取消 (general cancel) and 撤销 (revoke a decision/permission).

verb
to cancel (an account, membership, registration)(accounting) to write off

Examples

  • 注销。
    Wǒ zhù xiāo le nà ge bú yòng de yín háng zhàng hù.
    I canceled that unused bank account.
  • 注销。
    Qǐng kè fú bāng wǒ zhù xiāo huì yuán kǎ.
    Please ask customer service to cancel my membership card.
  • 注销。
    Gōng sī měi nián zhù xiāo yì pī huài zhàng.
    The company writes off a batch of bad debts every year.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

注zhùregistration
销xiāocancel

注销 combines 注 (registration) with 销 (cancel), meaning to cancel a registration.

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
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
主
主zhǔ注zhù
Same sound today

注 combines 水, meaning water, with 主, which gives the sound.

Open 注 →

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 銷; 销 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
肖
肖xiào銷xiāo
Same sound today

The traditional form 銷 pairs 金 (metal) with 肖 as a sound part; simplified 销 is a later shorthand, and its parts are not historical components.

Open 销 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Business & Commerce

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