撤 (chè): to remove, to take away
撤 (chè) is a Chinese character meaning “to remove.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (structural), 育 (structural) and 攵 (structural). It ranks #1262 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- to remove
- to take away
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 撤
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 撤退 | chè tuì | to retreat |
| 撤离 | chè lí | to withdraw from |
| 撤出 | chè chū | to withdraw |
| 撤消 | chè xiāo | variant of 撤銷|撤销[che4 xiao1] |
| 撤诉 | chè sù | to drop a lawsuit |
| 撤走 | chè zǒu | to retire |
| 撤军 | chè jūn | to withdraw troops |
| 撤掉 | chè diào | to cut |
| 后撤 | hòu chè | to pull back (an army) |
| 撤换 | chè huàn | to dismiss and replace (sb) |
| 撤职 | chè zhí | to eliminate |
| 撤除 | chè chú | to remove |
| 撤兵 | chè bīng | to withdraw troops |
| 裁撤 | cái chè | to dissolve (a department etc) |
| 不可撤销信用证 | bù kě chè xiāo xìn yòng zhèng | irrevocable letter of credit |
撤 appears in 23 compound words: 87 as the first character, 9 as the last, and 4 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 撤 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
他撤了一个电话,约朋友晚上一起吃饭。
tā chè le yī gě diàn huà , yāo péng yǒu wǎn shǎng yī qǐ chī fàn .
He made a phone call to arrange dinner with a friend that evening.
巴拿马颁令撤长和两港口经营权 中国外交部回应
bā ná mǎ bān lìng chè cháng hé liǎng gǎng kǒu jīng yíng quán zhōng guó wài jiāo bù huí yīng
Panama ordered the withdrawal of the governor and the right to operate the two ports, and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded
...年涨至千亿!张国炜今现身法院 加速出招“撤换遗嘱执行人”
. . . nián zhǎng zhì qiān yì ! zhāng guó 炜 jīn xiàn shēn fǎ yuàn jiā sù chū zhāo chè huàn yí zhǔ zhí háng rén
... Rise to 100 billion yuan a year! Zhang Guowei appeared in the court today to accelerate the move to "remove the executor"
要对伊朗动手了? 美国驻黎巴嫩大使馆撤离非紧急人员
yāo duì yī lǎng dòng shǒu le ? měi guó zhù lí bā nèn dà shǐ guǎn chè lí fēi jǐn jí rén yuán
Are you going to do something against Iran? The U.S. Embassy in Lebanon evacuated non-emergency personnel
日本巨头撤退:松下将把欧美电视销售业务转让给创维
rì běn jù tóu chè tuì : sōng xià jiāng bǎ ōu měi diàn shì xiāo shòu yè wù zhuǎn ràng gěi chuàng wéi
Japanese giants retreat: Panasonic will transfer European and American TV sales to Skyworth
川普:加征15%关税 各国审慎 估不会撤销与美协议
chuān pǔ : jiā zhēng 1 5 guān shuì gè guó shěn shèn gū bù huì chè xiāo yǔ měi xié yì
Trump: Impose 15% tariffs Countries are prudent not to withdraw the agreement with the United States
苏联军队开始从阿富汗撤军了。
Sūlián jūnduì kāishǐ cóng āfùhàn chèjūn le.
The Soviet troops started to withdraw from Afghanistan.
亨利因为伤了手臂而被撤销了比赛资格。
Hēnglì yīnwèi shāng le shǒubì ér bèi chèxiāo le bǐsài zīgé.
Harry had to back out of the competition because of a broken arm.
士兵们撤离了他们的阵地。
Shìbīng men chèlí le tāmen de zhèndì.
The soldiers retreated from their positions.
我想撤回我之前的陈述。
Wǒ xiǎng chèhuí wǒ zhīqián de chénshù.
I would like to retract my previous statement.
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