清扫

清掃
qīngsǎo
verb #12,283

Meanings

  1. 1 to clean up
  2. 2 to sweep
  3. 3 to mop up

Examples

Huán wèi gōngrén měitiān qīngsǎo jiēdào.
Sanitation workers sweep the streets every day.
Jǐngfāng duì fànzuì fēnzǐ jìnxíng le yī cì dà qīngsǎo.
The police conducted a major sweep against criminals.

Tips

usage
清扫 can be literal (sweeping/cleaning) or figurative (a police sweep against crime). Compare with 打扫 (dǎsǎo), which is the more casual everyday word for cleaning.

Stroke Order

qīng
sǎo