抹掉

mǒdiào

verb #11,274

Meanings

1 to wipe away
2 to erase
3 to remove

Characters

to wipe; to erase

to fall; away (complement)

Examples

HSK 3

他把黑板上的字抹掉了。

Tā bǎ hēibǎn shàng de zì mǒdiào le.

He erased the writing on the blackboard.

HSK 7-9

这段记忆无法从脑海中抹掉。

Zhè duàn jìyì wúfǎ cóng nǎohǎi zhōng mǒdiào.

This memory cannot be erased from the mind.

Tips

grammar

掉 (diào) acts as a result complement meaning 'away/off'. 抹掉 = wipe + away. Similar pattern: 擦掉 (wipe off), 删掉 (delete away).

Stroke Order

抹 mǒ

掉 diào