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

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.

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