去掉

qùdiào

verb HSK 6 #6,176

Meanings

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

Characters

to go; to remove

to fall; to drop; verb complement indicating removal

To make something go away and drop off — to get rid of it.

Examples

请把这些多余的字去掉。

Qǐng bǎ zhèxiē duōyú de zì qùdiào.

Please remove these extra characters.

怎么去掉衣服上的污渍？

Zěnme qùdiào yīfu shàng de wūzì?

How do you remove stains from clothes?

把皮去掉再吃。

Bǎ pí qùdiào zài chī.

Peel it before eating.

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