肅清

See also: 肅淸, 粛清, and 肃清

Chinese

		Gansu; respectful	clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure
trad. (肅清/肅淸)		肅	清/淸
simp. (肃清)		肃	清

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sùqīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ cing¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siok-chheng / sok-chheng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sog⁴ cêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sùqīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sùcing
    • Wade–Giles: su⁴-chʻing¹
    • Yale: sù-chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhching
    • Palladius: суцин (sucin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk¹ cing¹
    • Yale: sūk chīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ tsing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ qing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siok-chheng
    • Tâi-lô: siok-tshing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siokzhefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-chheng
    • Tâi-lô: sok-tshing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sokzhefng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiɪŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sog⁴ cêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sok tsheng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sok̚²⁻⁴ t͡sʰeŋ³³/

Verb

肅清

1. to eliminate; to mop up
2. (politics) to purge

Synonyms

• (to eliminate):

• 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)
• 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)
• 革除 (géchú)
• 驅散／驱散 (qūsàn)
• 驅走／驱走 (qūzǒu)
• 驅除／驱除 (qūchú)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (肅清):

• → Japanese: 粛(しゅく)清(せい) (shukusei)
• → Korean: 숙청(肅淸) (sukcheong)

Proper noun

肅清

1. (history) Sook Ching (a systematic purge of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore by the Japanese military during the Japanese occupation of Singapore and Malaya from 18 February to 4 March 1942)

Descendants

• → English: Sook Ching

Adjective

肅清

1. (archaic, of a country) at peace and free of corruption
2. (archaic) sober; calm

Synonyms

• (at peace and free of corruption): 清平 (qīngpíng)
• (sober; calm):

• 冷靜／冷静 (lěngjìng)
• 在步 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 從容／从容
• 沉著 (chénzhuó)
• 淡定 (dàndìng)
• 清醒 (qīngxǐng)
• 理智 (lǐzhì)
• 精英 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 自如 (zìrú) (literary)
• 自若 (zìruò) (literary)
• 鎮定／镇定 (zhèndìng)
• 鎮靜／镇静 (zhènjìng)