解除

Chinese

		to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort	remove; do away with; wipe out remove; do away with; wipe out; divide; except
trad. (解除)		解	除
simp. #(解除)		解	除

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiěchú

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄔㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai² ceoi⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kié-chhù / kiái-chhù
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kái-tû / kái-tîr / kái-tî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiěchú
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄔㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiěchú
    • Wade–Giles: chieh³-chʻu²
    • Yale: jyě-chú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieechwu
    • Palladius: цзечу (czeču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai² ceoi⁴
    • Yale: gáai chèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai² tsoey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai² cêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kié-chhù
    • Hakka Romanization System: gie` cuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gie<sup>3</sup> cu<sup>2</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯e³¹ t͡sʰu¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiái-chhù
    • Hakka Romanization System: giai` cuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giai³ cu²
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯ai̯³¹ t͡sʰu¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-tû
    • Tâi-lô: kái-tû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kay'duu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tu²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-tîr
    • Tâi-lô: kái-tîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-tî
    • Tâi-lô: kái-tî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kay'dii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti¹³/

Verb

解除

1. to remove; to get rid of; to relieve; to lift

   解除束縛／解除束缚  ―  jiěchú shùfù  ―  to lift constraints

2. to cancel (an agreement); to terminate (a contract)

   解除合同  ―  jiěchú hétóng  ―  to terminate a contract

Synonyms

• (to remove):

• 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)
• 肅清／肃清 (sùqīng)
• 蕩／荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 解釋／解释 (jiěshì) (archaic)
• 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)

 

• (to cancel):

• 削除 (xuēchú)
• 取消 (qǔxiāo)
• 廢止／废止 (fèizhǐ)
• 廢除／废除 (fèichú)
• 撤廢／撤废 (chèfèi)
• 撤銷／撤销 (chèxiāo)
• 收回 (shōuhuí)
• 杜絕／杜绝 (dùjué)
• 罷黜／罢黜 (bàchù) (literary)
• 裁撤 (cáichè)
• 註銷／注销 (zhùxiāo)
• 退 (tuì)
• 銷／销 (xiāo)
• 除免 (chúmiǎn) (literary)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (解除):

• → Japanese: 解除(かいじょ) (kaijo)
• → Korean: 해제(解除) (haeje)
• → Vietnamese: giải trừ (解除)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
解	除
かい Grade: 5	じょ Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) か​いじょ [káꜜìjò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠iʑo̞]

Noun

解(かい)除(じょ) • (kaijo) ^{←かいぢよ (kaidyo)?}

1. cancellation of an order or contract
2. release, unlocking
3. disbanding
4. lifting of sanctions

Verb

解(かい)除(じょ)する • (kaijo suru) ^{←かいぢよ (kaidyo)?}transitive suru (stem 解(かい)除(じょ)し (kaijo shi), past 解(かい)除(じょ)した (kaijo shita))

1. to cancel an order or contract
2. to release or unlock

   スマホのロックを解除(かいじょ)

   sumaho no rokku o kaijo

   unlock a smartphone

3. to lift sanctions
4. to disband

Conjugation

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

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	解除し	かいじょし	kaijo shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	解除し	かいじょし	kaijo shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	解除する	かいじょする	kaijo suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	解除する	かいじょする	kaijo suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	解除すれ	かいじょすれ	kaijo sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	解除せよ¹ 解除しろ²	かいじょせよ¹ かいじょしろ²	kaijo seyo¹ kaijo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	解除される	かいじょされる	kaijo sareru
Causative	解除させる 解除さす	かいじょさせる かいじょさす	kaijo saseru kaijo sasu
Potential	解除できる	かいじょできる	kaijo dekiru
Volitional	解除しよう	かいじょしよう	kaijo shiyō
Negative	解除しない	かいじょしない	kaijo shinai
Negative continuative	解除せず	かいじょせず	kaijo sezu
Formal	解除します	かいじょします	kaijo shimasu
Perfective	解除した	かいじょした	kaijo shita
Conjunctive	解除して	かいじょして	kaijo shite
Hypothetical conditional	解除すれば	かいじょすれば	kaijo sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative