# 扫除 (sǎochú)

In Mandarin Chinese, 扫除 (sǎochú) means “to clean up; to sweep away; cleanup”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to clean up; to sweep away; cleanup
- Pinyin: sǎochú (sao3 chu2)
- Traditional: 掃除
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 春节前家家户户都要大扫除。
  Chūnjié qián jiājiāhùhù dōu yào dà sǎochú.
  Before the Spring Festival, every family does a big cleanup.

## Characters

- [扫](https://hanziro.com/word/sao-sweep/) (sǎo): to sweep; to brush away
- [除](https://hanziro.com/word/chu-remove/) (chú): to remove; except for

https://hanziro.com/word/sao-chu-clean-up/

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