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取消

to cancel

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

qu3xiao1 • qǔxiāo

Meaning

Primary

to cancel

Alternatives

cancel, cancels, cancelling, canceled

Mnemonic

取消 To cancel an event is 取 to take it off from the calendar and make it 消 disappear so it never happens.

Usage

明天 的 会议 取消 了。

Tomorrow's meeting has been canceled.

他们 决定 取消 这 个 计画。

They decided to cancel this plan.

我们 需要 取消 这 个 订单。

We need to cancel this order.