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

HSK 3

请删除不需要的文件。

Qǐng shānchú bù xūyào de wénjiàn.

Please delete the unnecessary files.

HSK 5

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