Clean up in Chinese
to clean up · HSK 6
清理
- 清 clear
- 理 reason
我周末要清理一下房间。 I'm going to clean up my room this weekend.
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How do you say clean up in Chinese?
Clean up in Chinese is 清理 (qīng lǐ). You can also say 清扫 (qīng sǎo).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
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