革除

Chinese

		leather; remove	remove; do away with; wipe out remove; do away with; wipe out; divide; except
simp. and trad. (革除)		革	除

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): géchú

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ ㄔㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³ ceoi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiet-chhù
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kek-tû / kiak-tîr / kek-tî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: géchú
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ ㄔㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: géchú
    • Wade–Giles: ko²-chʻu²
    • Yale: gé-chú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gerchwu
    • Palladius: гэчу (gɛču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaak³ ceoi⁴
    • Yale: gaak chèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaak⁸ tsoey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gag³ cêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːk̚³ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiet-chhù
    • Hakka Romanization System: gied` cuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵ cu²
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯et̚² t͡sʰu¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek-tû
    • Tâi-lô: kik-tû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kekduu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tu²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiak-tîr
    • Tâi-lô: kiak-tîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek-tî
    • Tâi-lô: kik-tî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kekdii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ti²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ ti¹³/

Verb

革除

1. to get rid of; to abolish; to eliminate
2. to discharge; to dismiss

Synonyms

• (to get rid of):

• 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)
• 掃除／扫除 (sǎochú) (figurative)
• 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)
• 驅散／驱散 (qūsàn)
• 驅走／驱走 (qūzǒu)
• 驅除／驱除 (qūchú)

 

• (to discharge):

• 停生意 (⁶din-san-i) (Shanghainese, dated)
• 執包袱／执包袱 (zap¹ baau¹ fuk⁶) (Cantonese)
• 捲鋪蓋／卷铺盖 (“to be fired”) (figurative)
• 炒 (chǎo) (slang)
• 炒魷魚／炒鱿鱼 (chǎo yóuyú) (slang)
• 解僱／解雇 (jiěgù)
• 解聘 (jiěpìn)
• 解職／解职 (jiězhí)
• 走路 (zǒulù, “to be fired”) (figurative)
• 辭退／辞退 (cítuì)
• 遣散
• 開除／开除 (kāichú)
• 食無情雞／食无情鸡 (sik⁶ mou⁴ cing⁴ gai¹) (Cantonese)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 解僱 (“to terminate someone's employment; to fire; to sack”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		解僱, 辭退, 解聘, 開除, 革除, 解職
Mandarin	Taiwan	解僱, 炒魷魚
	Wanrong	開銷
	Chengdu	開銷, 開除
	Liuzhou	炒魷魚
	Singapore	開除, 炒魷魚
Cantonese	Guangzhou	炒魷魚
	Hong Kong	炒魷魚, 炒魷, 炒, 豉椒炒魷, 開除, 辭, 雞
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	除職
	Macau	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	炒魷魚
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	辭退
	Foshan	炒魷魚
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	炒魷魚
	Foshan (Shunde)	炒魷魚
	Foshan (Sanshui)	炒魷魚
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	唔使
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	炒魷魚
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	炒魷魚
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	唔請
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	唔請
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	炒魷魚, 唔請
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	唔請
	Taishan	唔請, 炒魷魚, 炒
	Kaiping (Chikan)	唔請, 炒魷魚
	Enping (Niujiang)	唔請
	Heshan (Yayao)	辭工
	Dongguan	炒魷魚
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	炒魷魚
	Singapore (Guangfu)	炒魷魚
Gan	Pingxiang	開銷
Hakka	Meixian	辭退, 解僱, 炒魷魚
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	唔愛去做, 炒魷魚, 打豎鋪
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	炒魷魚
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	炒魷魚
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	炒魷魚
	Conghua (Lütian)	解僱
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	解僱
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	解僱
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	解僱
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	解僱
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	解僱
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	辭
Southern Min	Xiamen	辭頭路, 辭, 齧拗, 齧捒
	Zhao'an	辭退
	Tainan	辭頭路
	Singapore (Hokkien)	卜頭路
	Shantou	解僱, 炒鰇魚
	Jieyang	清, 炒鰇魚
	Haifeng	炒鰇魚
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	除工
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	炒魷魚
Wu	Shanghai	炒魷魚
	Hangzhou	回報
Xiang	Changsha	開銷