删

To delete in Chinese: 删 (shān)

shān

to delete

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 刪1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to delete

Stroke order

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删

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄢ

shān

ㄕ/ shㄢ/ an—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

删

Simplified

刪

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这段话没用,你把它删了吧。

    zhè duàn huà méi yòng, nǐ bǎ tā shān le ba。

    This passage is useless; go ahead and delete it.

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Related words

删除

shān chú

to delete

煽动

shān dòng

to incite

闪烁

shǎn shuò

flickering

善

shàn

good (virtuous)

善意

shàn yì

goodwill

擅长

shàn cháng

to be good at

擅自

shàn zì

without permission

膳食

shàn shí

meals

赡养

shàn yǎng

to support

伤残

shāng cán

disabled

伤感

shāng gǎn

sad

伤痕

shāng hén

scar

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