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English

1. to clear up
2. to clean up; to clear out; to tidy up
3. to tidy up
4. to dispose of

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 清潔打理；令地方變得乾淨同整齊

Examples

• 清理油污

  to clean up an oil spill

• 清理門户

  to remove unwanted member from a group; literally: to clean the doorway

• 清理廁所地板

  to clean the toilet floor

• 我唔想清理狗屎。

  I do not want to clean up dog poop.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 佢哋用鏟清理緊行人路啲雪。

  They were clearing the snow from the sidewalk with a shovel.

  Tatoeba · tigro1973 CC BY

• 快啲清理好啲垃圾啦，唔係聽日就會發臭㗎喇。

  Quickly clean up the garbage, or it will stink by tomorrow.

• 我清理了桌子。

  I cleared the table.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• 瑪格清理桌子。

  Meg cleared her desk.

  Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY