取消

Character by character

• 取qǔ8 strokesHSK 2take, receive, obtain; select
• 消xiāo10 strokesHSK 3vanish, die out; melt away

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我不能取消它。

  Wǒ bù néng qǔ xiāo tā

  I can't undo it.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 取消. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 消息xiāo xiHSK 3

  news; information

• 取qǔHSK 2

  to take; to get; to choose; to fetch

• 消失xiāo shīHSK 3

  to disappear; to fade away

• 取得qǔ déHSK 2

  to acquire; to get; to obtain

• 采取cǎi qǔHSK 3

  to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take

• 争取zhēng qǔHSK 3

  to fight for; to strive for; to win over

• 消防xiāo fángHSK 5

  firefighting; fire control

• 消除xiāo chúHSK 5

  to eliminate; to remove

• 消灭xiāo mièHSK 6

  to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)

• 消费xiāo fèiHSK 3

  to consume; to spend

• 获取huò qǔHSK 4

  to gain; to get; to acquire

• 取决于qǔ jué yúHSK 7

  to hinge on; to be decided by; to depend on

• 录取lù qǔHSK 4

  to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam; to admit (a student); to hire (a job candidate)

• 取代qǔ dàiHSK 7

  to replace; to supersede; to supplant; (chemistry) substitution

• 消化xiāo huàHSK 4

  to digest (food); (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process

• 消xiāoHSK 7

  to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take

• 听取tīng qǔHSK 6

  to hear (news); to listen to

• 消耗xiāo hàoHSK 6

  to use up; to consume

• 消毒xiāo dúHSK 5

  to disinfect; to sterilize

• 消费者xiāo fèi zhěHSK 5

  consumer

• 吸取xī qǔHSK 7

  to absorb; to draw (a lesson, insight etc); to assimilate

• 消极xiāo jíHSK 5

  negative; passive; inactive

• 收取shōu qǔHSK 6

  to receive; to collect

• 夺取duó qǔHSK 6

  to seize; to capture; to wrest control of