掃除

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
• Min Nan (POJ): sàu-tîr / sàu-tû / sàu-tî / sò͘-tîr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sǎochú
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saochwu
    • IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou³ ceoi⁴
    • Yale: sou chèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ tsoey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³ cêu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ t͡ʃʰɵy̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: so-chhù
    • Hakka Romanization System: so cuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: so⁴ cu²
    • IPA: /so⁵⁵ t͡sʰu¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu-tîr
    • Tâi-lô: sàu-tîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /saʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu-tû
    • Tâi-lô: sàu-tû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sao'duu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /saʊ²¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /saʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ tu²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /saʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ tu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàu-tî
    • Tâi-lô: sàu-tî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sao'dii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /saʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ ti²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /saʊ²¹⁻⁵³ 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. (figuratively) to eradicate; to wipe out

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

Synonyms

• (to clear away): 打掃／打扫 (dǎsǎo), 清掃／清扫 (qīngsǎo), (literary or Min Nan) 掃灑／扫洒 (sǎosǎ), (Hakka, Min Nan) 摒掃／摒扫

Derived terms

大掃除／大扫除 (dàsǎochú) 掃盲／扫盲 (sǎománg)

掃除天下／扫除天下

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そーじ [sòójí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːʑi]

Noun

掃除 (hiragana そうじ, rōmaji sōji)

1. cleaning; sweeping up

Compounds

• 掃 (そう)除 (じ)機 (き) (sōjiki): vacuum cleaner
• 掃 (そう)除 (じ)夫 (ふ) (sōjifu): cleaner
• 煙突掃除夫 (えんとつそうじふ) (entotsusōjifu): chimney sweep
• 大 (おお)掃 (そう)除 (じ) (ōsōji): general cleaning

Verb

掃除する (hiragana そうじする, rōmaji sōji suru)

1. clean; sweep up; tidy up

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	掃除し	そうじし	sōji shi
Continuative (連用形)	掃除し	そうじし	sōji shi
Terminal (終止形)	掃除する	そうじする	sōji suru
Attributive (連体形)	掃除する	そうじする	sōji suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	掃除すれ	そうじすれ	sōji sure
Imperative (命令形)	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)

References

1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
2. Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
掃	除

Noun

掃除 • (soje) (hangeul 소제)

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