(xǐ) - to wash, to bathe, to develop (film) in Mandarin

xǐ

Traditional: 洗

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Translation

to wash, to bathe, to develop (film)

Word origin

A phono-semantic compound combining the water radical 氵(shuǐ, water) with 先 (xiān) as the phonetic element, pointing to cleansing with water.

Origin: phono-semantic
Root: 氵(shuǐ, water) + 先 (xiān, phonetic)

Stroke order

洗

Examples

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Wash your hands before eating.

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She is washing clothes.

澡zǎo。

I take a bath every evening.

碗wǎn。

Please wash these bowls clean.

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He went to the photo shop to have the photos developed.

洗 (xǐ) is a verb meaning to wash or to bathe. It also describes developing photographic film and appears in compounds such as 洗手 (wash hands) and 洗澡 (bathe).

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This word is part of lesson 33.