消除

Chinese
 
consume; news; subside
consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish
 
remove; do away with; wipe out
remove; do away with; wipe out; divide; except
trad. (消除) 消 除
simp. #(消除) 消 除

Pronunciation

Note: siao1 de5 - Shantou.

Verb

消除

  1. to remove; to clear; to eliminate; to dispel
    消除隱患／消除隐患  ―  xiāochú yǐnhuàn  ―  to remove hidden dangers
    消除愚昧  ―  xiāochú yúmèi  ―  to eliminate ignorance
    消除感染  ―  xiāochú gǎnrǎn  ―  elimination of infection

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
消 除
しょう
Grade: 3		 じょ
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 消除 (MC sjew drjo|drjoH, literally “to vanish + to remove”). Compare modern Mandarin reading xiāochú, Min Nan siau-tû.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しょ​ーじょ [shóꜜòjò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːʑo̞]

Noun

消(しょう)除(じょ) • (shōjo) ←せうぢょ (seudyo)?

  1. vanishing, disappearance, removal, erasure

Verb

消(しょう)除(じょ)する • (shōjo suru) ←せうぢょ (seudyo)?transitive or intransitive suru (stem 消(しょう)除(じょ)し (shōjo shi), past 消(しょう)除(じょ)した (shōjo shita))

  1. (intransitive) to vanish, to disappear
  2. (transitive) to make something vanish or disappear, to remove, to erase

Usage notes

This term is seldom used in modern Japanese, and is not included in some dictionaries.[2]

The more common terms are 消(き)え失(う)せる (kieuseru) for the transitive verb, or 除(じょ)去(きょ) (jokyo) for either the noun or verb.

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

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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