# 革除
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): géchú
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ ㄔㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak$^3$ ceoi$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiet-chhù
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kek-tû / kiak-tîr / kek-tî
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: géchú
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ ㄔㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: géchú
*** Wade–Giles: ko$^2$-chʻu$^2$
*** Yale: gé-chú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gerchwu
*** Palladius: гэчу (gɛču)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaak$^3$ ceoi$^4$
*** Yale: gaak chèuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaak$^8$ tsoey$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gag$^3$ cêu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːk̚³ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiet-chhù
*** Hakka Romanization System: gied$^ˋ$ cu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: giad$^5$ cu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯et̚² t͡sʰu¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek-tû
*** Tâi-lô: kik-tû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kekduu
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tu²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tu²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiak-tîr
*** Tâi-lô: kiak-tîr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tɯ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek-tî
*** Tâi-lô: kik-tî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kekdii
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ti²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ ti¹³/

### Verb

革除
* to get rid of; to abolish; to eliminate
* to discharge; to dismiss

#### Synonyms

* (to get rid of):
* 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)
* 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)
* 驅散／驱散 (qūsàn)
* 驅走／驱走 (qūzǒu)
* 驅除／驱除 (qūchú)
* (to discharge):
* 停生意 ($^6$din-san$_1$-i$_5$) (Shanghainese, dated)
* 執包袱／执包袱 (zap$^1$ baau$^1$ fuk$^6$) (Cantonese)
* 捲鋪蓋／卷铺盖 (“to be fired”) (figurative)
* 炒 (chǎo) (slang)
* 炒魷魚／炒鱿鱼 (chǎo yóuyú) (slang)
* 解僱／解雇 (jiěgù)
* 解聘 (jiěpìn)
* 解職／解职 (jiězhí)
* 走路 (zǒulù, “to be fired”) (figurative)
* 辭退／辞退 (cítuì)
* 遣散
* 開除／开除 (kāichú)
* 食無情雞／食无情鸡 (sik$^6$ mou$^4$ cing$^4$ gai$^1$) (Cantonese)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 解僱, 辭退, 解聘, 開除, 革除, 解職 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 解僱, 炒魷魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 開除, 炒魷魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 開銷 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 開銷, 開除 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 炒魷魚, 炒魷, 炒, 豉椒炒魷, 開除, 辭, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 除職 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 辭退 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 唔使 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 唔請 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 唔請 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 炒魷魚, 唔請 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 唔請 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 唔請, 炒魷魚, 炒 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 唔請, 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 唔請 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 辭工 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 炒魷魚 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 炒魷魚 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 開銷 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 辭退, 解僱, 炒魷魚 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 唔愛去做, 炒魷魚, 打豎鋪 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 炒魷魚 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 炒魷魚 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 炒魷魚 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 解僱 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 解僱 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 解僱 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 解僱 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 解僱 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 解僱 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 辭 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 辭頭路, 辭, 齧拗, 齧捒 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 辭退 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 辭頭路 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 卜頭路 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 擗捒, 刣捒 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 解僱, 炒鰇魚 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 清, 炒鰇魚 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 炒鰇魚 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 除工 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 炒魷魚 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 炒魷魚 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 回報 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 開銷 |