删除

刪除

shānchú

verb HSK 7-9 #6,515

Meanings

1 to delete; to remove
2 to erase

Characters

to remove; to eliminate

Examples

请删除不需要的文件。

Qǐng shānchú bù xūyào de wénjiàn.

Please delete the unnecessary files.

这条评论已经被删除了。

Zhè tiáo pínglùn yǐjīng bèi shānchú le.

This comment has already been deleted.

Tips

usage

删除 is the standard word you see on every app's delete button. 删 alone is more casual and colloquial (删了 = 'deleted it'), while 删除 is the formal/technical version.

Stroke Order

删 shān

除 chú