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洗手

xǐ shǒu

2-character word

What 洗手 means

1. to wash one's hands
2. to go to the toilet

The characters in 洗手

• 洗xǐto wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc)
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work

Example sentences

• 饭前洗手
  Wash your hands before each meal.
• 我洗手。
  I wash my hands.
• 他们洗手。
  They wash their hands.
• 我洗手了。
  I washed my hands.
• 饭前要洗手。
  Wash your hands before meals.
• 便后请洗手。
  Please wash your hands after using the bathroom.

Words starting with 洗手

• 洗手间xǐ shǒu jiāntoilet; lavatory; washroom
• 洗手台xǐ shǒu táivanity unit
• 洗手不干xǐ shǒu bù gànto totally stop doing something; to reform one's ways
• 洗手池xǐ shǒu chíbathroom sink; wash basin
• 洗手液xǐ shǒu yèliquid hand soap
• 洗手乳xǐ shǒu rǔliquid hand soap
• 洗手盆xǐ shǒu pénbathroom sink; wash basin

Words containing 洗手

• 消毒洗手液xiāo dú xǐ shǒu yèhand sanitizer
• 酒精洗手液jiǔ jīng xǐ shǒu yèalcohol-based hand sanitizer
• 金盆洗手jīn pén xǐ shǒulit. to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom); fig. to abandon the life of an outlaw