除去

chúqù

verb HSK 7 #8,072

Meanings

1 to eliminate
2 to remove
3 except for

Characters

to remove; to divide

Examples

除去房租，他每月还剩两千块。

Chúqù fángzū, tā měi yuè hái shèng liǎng qiān kuài.

After deducting rent, he still has two thousand yuan left each month.

用这种方法可以除去衣服上的污渍。

Yòng zhè zhǒng fāngfǎ kěyǐ chúqù yīfu shàng de wūzì.

This method can remove stains from clothes.

Tips

usage

除去 has two main uses: (1) physically removing something (除去污渍 = remove stains) and (2) as a preposition meaning 'except for' or 'aside from' (similar to 除了).

Stroke Order

除 chú

去 qù