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去掉

qùdiào
verb HSK 6 #6,176

Meanings

  1. 1 to get rid of; to remove
  2. 2 to eliminate; to strip away

Characters

去
qù
to go; to remove
掉
diào
to fall; to drop; verb complement indicating removal
To make something go away and drop off - to get rid of it.

Examples

HSK 3
把皮去掉再吃。
Bǎ pí qùdiào zài chī.
Peel it before eating.
HSK 7-9
请把这些多余的字去掉。
Qǐng bǎ zhèxiē duōyú de zì qùdiào.
Please remove these extra characters.
HSK 7-9
怎么去掉衣服上的污渍？
Zěnme qùdiào yīfu shàng de wūzì?
How do you remove stains from clothes?

Tips

usage
去掉 is very common in everyday speech. The 掉 acts as a resultative complement meaning 'away/off.' Similar pattern: 拿掉 (take away), 扔掉 (throw away), 删掉 (delete).

Stroke Order

去 qù
掉 diào