拆除 (chāi chú) means “to tear down; to demolish; to dismantle; to remove”. It is an HSK 5 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
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政府决定拆除旧建筑。
Zhèngfǔ juédìng chāichú jiù jiànzhù.
The government decided to demolish the old building.
Updated: 2026-07-18