洗 (sai2 | xi3) : wash; clear; sack; develop; shuffle

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洗

sai2

xi3

[1] wash; bathe; clean with water
[2] clear; erase; redress; purge
[3] sack; devastate; pillage
[4] (of film or photo) develop; process
[5] shuffle (cards, etc)

Stroke count: 9

Level: 1

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

洗

This word has been viewed 13442 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 28th Aug 2018 01:32

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洗手間 sai2 sau2 gaan1 xi3 shou3 jian1 = washroom

洗頭水 sai2 tau4 seoi2 = shampoo 粵

洗面 sai2 min6 = to wash one's face 粵

洗面膏 sai2 min6 gou1 = face wash (bath and beauty item)

洗米 sai2 mai5 xi3 mi3 = to wash uncooked rice; a loser

刷牙洗面 caat3 ngaa4 sai2 min6 shua1 ya2 xi3 mian4 = brush one's teeth and wash one's face 粵

擦洗 caat3 sai2 ca1 xi3 = scour; scrub; wipe

洗碗 sai2 wun2 xi3 wan3 = to wash the dishes

洗面梘 sai2 min6 gaan2 = Face cleanser 粵

洗澡 sai2 cou3 xi3 zao3 = have a bath 國
See all 92 compounds (CantoDict reports 93 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 9 examples containing 洗

食飯前要先洗手。粵
One should wash one's hands before having a meal.

擳啲洗潔精出嚟。粵
Squeeze out some detergent.

套西裝洗咗喇粵
The suit has been cleaned.
[[literal] 套 (classifier) + 西裝 western suit + 洗咗 have washed + 喇 (final particle) This simple sentence shows that passive construction in Cantonese does not always need a passive marker (俾) as it does in English.]

董先生偷拍女朋友的十來歲的女兒洗澡國
Mr. Dong is taking pictures of his girlfriend's teenage daughter bathing without her knowledge.

唔該你快快脆脆洗晒啲碗(佢)。粵
Please wash all the dishes quickly.
[In this sample, the speaker is more likely to speak in an impatient manner.]

我攞咗上個禮拜買嗰件衫去乾洗粵
I took the shirt I bought last week to be dry-cleaned.
[Lit. I took-already last-week bought that (counter) shirt go dry-clean]

我攞咗上個禮拜買嗰啲衫去乾洗粵
I took the clothes I bought last week to be dry-cleaned.
[Lit. I took-already last-week bought those shirts go dry-clean]

我攞咗兩個禮拜前喺廣城買嗰件衫去洗粵
I took the shirt I bought two weeks ago at the shopping mall to be cleaned.
[Lit. I took two weeks ago at shopping mall buy that shirt go clean]

點解你洗嚫碗都打爛嘢㗎？
Why is it that every time you wash dishes you break something?
[[粵] V-嚫 ... 都... Pattern the means every time someone does something, such and such will happen.]

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