洗
xǐTraditional: 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
。
Wash your hands before eating.
。
She is washing clothes.
澡。
I take a bath every evening.
碗。
Please wash these bowls clean.
。
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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