注销

註銷

zhùxiāo

verb #18,530

Meanings

1 to cancel; to annul
2 to deregister
3 to write off (accounting)

Characters

to register; to annotate

to cancel; to destroy

Examples

我想注销这个账号。

Wǒ xiǎng zhùxiāo zhège zhànghào.

I want to delete this account.

公司已经注销了。

Gōngsī yǐjīng zhùxiāo le.

The company has been deregistered.

Tips

usage

注销 is the standard term for canceling accounts, licenses, and company registrations. 注销账号 (cancel account) is extremely common in Chinese tech/app contexts. Compare 登出 (dēngchū, log out) which is just signing out temporarily.

Stroke Order

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