Definition
删除 means 'to delete' digital or written content (files, messages, text). It's more specific than 取消 (cancel an event/plan) and more common in everyday speech than 删, which is shorter but used the same way. 作废 and 注销 are for formal cancellation of documents, accounts, or registrations.
verb
to deleteto cancel
Examples
- 删除。Qǐng bǎ zhège wénjiànjiā shān chú diào.Please delete this folder.
- 删除。Wǒ bù xiǎoxīn shān chú le yí gè zhòngyào de liánxìrén.I accidentally deleted an important contact.
- 删除。Tā gāng shān chú le yì tiáo fā cuò de duǎnxìn.He just deleted a text message that was sent by mistake.
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