掃除

See also: 扫除

Chinese

		broom; to sweep	remove; do away with; wipe out remove; do away with; wipe out; divide; except
trad. (掃除)		掃	除
simp. (扫除)		扫	除

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǎochú

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ ceoi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): so-chhù
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sàu-tîr / sàu-tû / sàu-tî / sò͘-tîr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǎochú
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǎochú
    • Wade–Giles: sao³-chʻu²
    • Yale: sǎu-chú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saochwu
    • Palladius: саочу (saoču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou³ ceoi⁴
    • Yale: sou chèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ tsoey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³ cêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: so-chhù
    • Hakka Romanization System: so cuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: so⁴ cu²
    • Sinological IPA: /so⁵⁵ t͡sʰu¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu-tîr
    • Tâi-lô: sàu-tîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu-tû
    • Tâi-lô: sàu-tû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sao'duu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sau²¹⁻⁴¹ tu²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sau²¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sau¹¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu-tî
    • Tâi-lô: sàu-tî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sao'dii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sau²¹⁻⁴¹ ti²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sau²¹⁻⁵³ ti¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò͘-tîr
    • Tâi-lô: sòo-tîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɯ²⁴/

Verb

掃除

1. to clear away; to sweep away; to clean with a brush
2. (figurative) to eradicate; to wipe out

   掃除文盲／扫除文盲  ―  sǎochú wénmáng  ―  to eliminate illiteracy

Synonyms

• (to clear away):

• 劐 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 打掃／打扫 (dǎsǎo)
• 掃／扫
• 掃灑／扫洒 (sǎosǎ) (literary, or Min Nan)
• 摒掃／摒扫 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 清掃／清扫 (qīngsǎo)

 

• (to eradicate):

• 免
• 免除 (miǎnchú)
• 刷 (colloquial)
• 削 (literary, or in compounds)
• 削除 (xuēchú)
• 去掉 (qùdiào)
• 去除 (qùchú)
• 報銷／报销 (bàoxiāo) (figurative, humorous)
• 屏除 (bǐngchú)
• 廓清 (kuòqīng)
• 打掉 (dǎdiào)
• 掃／扫
• 排解 (páijiě)
• 排除 (páichú)
• 摒除 (bìngchú)
• 撤 (chè)
• 撤除 (chèchú)
• 消 (xiāo)
• 消弭 (xiāomǐ) (literary)
• 消解 (xiāojiě)
• 消釋／消释 (xiāoshì) (figurative)
• 消除 (xiāochú)
• 淘汰 (táotài)
• 清洗 (qīngxǐ) (figurative)
• 清除 (qīngchú)
• 破 (pò) (literary, or in compounds)
• 破壞／破坏 (pòhuài)
• 破除 (pòchú)
• 祛除 (qūchú)
• 罷／罢
• 翦落 (jiǎnluò) (literary)
• 肅清／肃清 (sùqīng)
• 蕩／荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 解釋／解释 (jiěshì) (archaic)
• 解除 (jiěchú)
• 鋤／锄 (chú)
• 鏟除／铲除 (chǎnchú)
• 除
• 除去 (chúqù)
• 除忒 (Hakka)
• 除掉 (chúdiào)
• 除開／除开 (chúkāi)
• 革除 (géchú)
• 驅散／驱散 (qūsàn)
• 驅走／驱走 (qūzǒu)
• 驅除／驱除 (qūchú)

 

Derived terms

• 大掃除／大扫除 (dàsǎochú)
• 掃盲／扫盲 (sǎománg)
• 掃除天下／扫除天下

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
掃	除
そう Grade: S	じ Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• (honorific) お掃除(そうじ) (o-sōji)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そーじ [sòójí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːʑi]

Noun

掃(そう)除(じ) • (sōji) 

1. cleaning; sweeping up

Derived terms

• 掃除機(そうじき) (sōjiki): vacuum cleaner
• 掃除夫(そうじふ) (sōjifu): cleaner
• 大掃除(おおそうじ) (ōsōji): general cleaning

Verb

掃(そう)除(じ)する • (sōji suru) suru (stem 掃(そう)除(じ)し (sōji shi), past 掃(そう)除(じ)した (sōji shita))

1. clean; sweep up; tidy up

Conjugation

Conjugation of "掃除する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	掃除し	そうじし	sōji shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	掃除し	そうじし	sōji shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	掃除する	そうじする	sōji suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	掃除する	そうじする	sōji suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	掃除すれ	そうじすれ	sōji sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	掃除せよ¹ 掃除しろ²	そうじせよ¹ そうじしろ²	sōji seyo¹ sōji shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	掃除される	そうじされる	sōji sareru
Causative	掃除させる 掃除さす	そうじさせる そうじさす	sōji saseru sōji sasu
Potential	掃除できる	そうじできる	sōji dekiru
Volitional	掃除しよう	そうじしよう	sōji shiyō
Negative	掃除しない	そうじしない	sōji shinai
Negative continuative	掃除せず	そうじせず	sōji sezu
Formal	掃除します	そうじします	sōji shimasu
Perfective	掃除した	そうじした	sōji shita
Conjunctive	掃除して	そうじして	sōji shite
Hypothetical conditional	掃除すれば	そうじすれば	sōji sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

See also

• 片付(かたづ)ける (katazukeru)

Korean

Hanja in this term
掃	除

Noun

掃除 • (soje) (hangeul 소제)

1. Hanja form^? of 소제 (“cleaning; sweeping up”).