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漱

shù

Character

What 漱 means

1. to rinse one's mouth with water
2. to gargle

Other readings

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

• shùvariant of {漱|shù}

Example sentences

• 这个漱口水的薄荷味太重了。
  Zhège shùkǒushuǐ de bòhewèi tài zhòng le.
  The peppermint flavor in this mouthwash is too strong.
• 这个牌子的漱口水的味道好怪。
  Zhège páizi de shùkǒushuǐ de wèidao hǎo guài.
  The flavors of this brand's mouthwash are weird.
• 我的洗漱包落在饭店房间里了。
  I've left my toilet bag in the hotel room.
• 有一天, 夏目漱石在伦敦迷路了。
  One day, Natsume Soseki was lost in London.
• 在学校我喜欢阅读日本文学的英文翻译，特别是夏目漱石的我是一只猫和心，和芥川龙之介的鼻子和河童。
  Zài xuéxiào wǒ xǐhuan yuèdú Rìběn wénxué de Yīngwén fānyì, tèbié shì Xiàmù Shùshí de wǒ shì yī zhī māo hé xīn, hé gài chuān lóng zhī jiè de bízi hé Hétóng.
  At school I had enjoyed reading Japanese literature in English translation, in particular Soseki's I am a Cat and Kokoro, and Akutagawa's The Nose and Kappa.

Words starting with 漱

• 漱口shù kǒuto rinse one's mouth; to gargle
• 漱洗shù xǐto rinse the mouth and wash the face
• 漱流shù liúto rinse one's mouth with river water; (fig.) to live a hermit's life
• 漱口水shù kǒu shuǐmouthwash

Words containing 漱

• 洗漱xǐ shùto wash the face and rinse the mouth
• 夏目漱石Xià mù Shù shíNatsume Sōseki (1867-1916), one of the first modern Japanese novelists
• 枕石漱流zhěn shí shù liúto live a hermit's life (in seclusion); a frugal life (idiom)
• 梁漱溟Liáng Shù míngLiang Shuming (1893-1988), modern philosopher and teacher in the neo-Confucian tradition
• 枕岩漱流zhěn yán shù liúsee 枕石漱流

Characters built on 欶

These share the phonetic component 欶 (shuò), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 簌sùused in 簌簌
• 蔌sù(literary) vegetables

Characters that look like 漱

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

• 撤chèto remove; to take away
• 歉qiànto apologize; to regret; deficient
• 澈chèclear (water); thorough
• 觐jìn(history) to have an audience with the Emperor
• 儆jǐngto warn; to admonish
• 羰tāngcarbonyl (radical)

Sounds the same

Read shù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 数number; figure; several; a few
• 树tree; to cultivate; to set up
• 术method; technique
• 述(bound form) to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
• 束to bind; bunch; bundle
• 墅villa
• 恕to forgive
• 竖to erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
• 庶(bound form) ordinary; numerous; (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡
• 戍garrison
• 沭river in Shandong
• 澍moisture; timely rain