Hanzi
Traditional
刪
Simplified
删

to delete

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 7

Pinyin

shān

Bopomofo

ㄕㄢ

Jyutping

saan1

Example sentences

刪除 / 删除 shānchú
這封郵件已經被刪除了。
这封邮件已经被删除了。

This email has been deleted.

權限 / 权限 quánxiàn
只有管理員有權限刪除這些資料。
只有管理员有权限删除这些资料。

Only administrators have permission to delete these records.

刪 / 删 shān
他刪掉了一些不必要的內容。
他删掉了一些不必要的内容。

He deleted some unnecessary content.

刪減 / 删减 shānjiǎn
這篇文章太長了，需要刪減一些內容。
这篇文章太长了，需要删减一些内容。

This article is too long and needs some content to be deleted.

篇幅 piānfú
這篇文章的篇幅太長了，需要刪減。
这篇文章的篇幅太长了，需要删减。

This article is too long and needs to be shortened.

Example Vocabulary

刪除

shan1'chu2

to delete; to remove

刪

shan1

to delete; to cut; to omit

刪掉

刪減

shan1'jian3

to delete; to cut down; to reduce

刪節

shan1'jie2

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