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洗

xǐ

HSK 2 Character

What 洗 means

1. to wash; to bathe
2. to develop (photographs)
3. to shuffle (cards etc)
4. to erase (a recording)

Other readings

洗 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xiǎnused in {洗马|xiǎn mǎ}

Example sentences

• 干洗吧。
  Gānxǐ ba.
  Dry clean it.
• 洗脸吧。
  Wash your face.
• 饭前洗手
  Wash your hands before each meal.
• 他洗车。
  He washes the car.
• 我洗手。
  I wash my hands.
• 你洗吗?
  Have you washed?

Words starting with 洗

• 洗澡xǐ zǎoto bathe; to take a shower
• 洗手间xǐ shǒu jiāntoilet; lavatory; washroom
• 洗衣机xǐ yī jīwashing machine; washer
• 洗脸xǐ liǎnto wash the face
• 洗衣xǐ yīlaundry
• 洗手xǐ shǒuto wash one's hands; to go to the toilet
• 洗净xǐ jìngto wash clean
• 洗漱xǐ shùto wash the face and rinse the mouth
• 洗头xǐ tóuto wash one's hair; to have a shampoo
• 洗礼xǐ lǐ(lit. and fig.) baptism
• 洗涤xǐ díto rinse; to wash; washing
• 洗刷xǐ shuāto wipe clean; to scrub; (fig.) to get rid of (a bad reputation, a misconception etc)
• 洗浴xǐ yùto bathe
• 洗发水xǐ fà shuǐshampoo (liquid)
• 洗衣粉xǐ yī fěnlaundry detergent; washing powder
• 洗劫xǐ jiéto loot; to ransack; to pillage
• 洗衣店xǐ yī diànlaundry (commercial establishment)
• 洗钱xǐ qiánto launder money
• 洗面奶xǐ miàn nǎicleansing lotion
• 洗耳恭听xǐ ěr gōng tīngto listen with respectful attention; (a polite request to sb to speak); we are all ears
• 洗地xǐ dìto clean the floor; (net slang) (lit.) to wash (the blood) off the floor…
• 洗消xǐ xiāodecontamination
• 洗牙xǐ yá(dentistry) to perform or undergo scaling (removal of dental plaque and calculus)
• 洗白xǐ báito make sth clean and white; (fig.) to whitewash; to launder money

Words containing 洗

• 清洗qīng xǐto wash; to rinse; to clean; (fig.) to purge; to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc)
• 冲洗chōng xǐto rinse; to wash; (photography) to develop (film)
• 梳洗shū xǐto wash and groom oneself; to freshen up
• 擦洗cā xǐto clean (with water or alcohol); to wipe and wash; to swab
• 换洗huàn xǐto change and wash (clothes etc)
• 一贫如洗yī pín rú xǐ(idiom) penniless; destitute
• 干洗gān xǐto dry clean; dry cleaning
• 盥洗室guàn xǐ shìtoilet; washroom; bathroom
• 盥洗guàn xǐto wash up; to freshen up
• 刷洗shuā xǐto scrub clean
• 受洗shòu xǐto receive baptism; baptized
• 手洗shǒu xǐto hand-wash
• 施洗shī xǐbaptize
• 机洗jī xǐto machine-wash
• 圣洗shèng xǐbaptism (Christian ceremony)
• 领洗lǐng xǐto be baptized
• 妇洗器fù xǐ qìbidet
• 耶洗别Yē xǐ biéJezebel, wife of Ahab and mother of Ahaziah, major character in 1 Kings 16:31, 19:1, 21…
• 受洗命名shòu xǐ mìng míngto be christened
• 家贫如洗jiā pín rú xǐextreme poverty (idiom); destitute; penniless; poor as church mice
• 种族清洗zhǒng zú qīng xǐ"ethnic cleansing"; genocide
• 高压清洗机gāo yā qīng xǐ jīhigh pressure washer
• 自助洗衣店zì zhù xǐ yī diànlaundromat; launderette
• 血洗xuè xǐto carry out a bloodbath in (a place); (fig.) to wreak havoc on

Characters that look like 洗

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 炮pàocannon; firecracker
• 泥nímud; clay; paste
• 浇jiāoto pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water
• 浣huànto wash; to rinse; any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty)
• 冼Xiǎnsurname Xian

Sounds the same

Read xǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 喜to be fond of; to like; to enjoy
• 徙(literary) to change one's residence
• 玺ruler's seal
• 禧joy
• 铣to mill (machining); Taiwan pr. xiǎn
• 喺to be at, in or on (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 在
• 囍double happiness (similar to 喜喜); symbol of good luck, esp. marriage
• 屣slippers
• 葸feel insecure; unhappy
• 簁sieve; to sift, to strain
• 蓰(grass); increase five fold
• 枲male nettle-hemp