洗手

Chinese

		to wash; to bathe	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (洗手)		洗	手
anagram		手洗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xǐshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄕㄡˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xi³ sou³

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sai² sau²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhai² siu²

• Gan (Wiktionary): xi³ siu³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sé-sú

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sê³ su³

• Jin (Wiktionary): xi² sou²
• Northern Min (KCR): sǎi-siǔ
• Eastern Min (BUC): sā̤-chiū
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sóe-chhiú / sé-chhiú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): soi² ciu²

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): si³ shou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐshǒu [Phonetic: xíshǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hsi³-shou³
    • Yale: syǐ-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiishoou
    • Palladius: сишоу (sišou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xi³ sou³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xisou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵³ səu⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai² sau²
    • Yale: sái sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai² sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei² seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhai² siu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬai⁵⁵ siu⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: xi³ siu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹³⁻²⁴ sɨu²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sé-sú
    • Hakka Romanization System: se` su`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: se³ su³
    • Sinological IPA: /se³¹ su³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sê³ su³
    • Sinological IPA: /se³¹ su³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: xi² sou²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕi⁵³⁻¹¹ səu⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sǎi-siǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai²¹ siu²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sā̤-chiū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ³³⁻³⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒieu³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sóe-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: sué-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soefchiuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /sue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /sue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sé-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: sé-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sefchiuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: soi² ciu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sói tshiú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soi⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: si³ shou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /si⁴¹ ʂəu̯⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɕi⁴¹ səu̯⁴¹/

Verb

洗⫽手 (verb-object)

1. to wash one's hands

   員工返崗前必須洗手。 [MSC, trad.]
   员工返岗前必须洗手。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yuángōng fǎngǎng qián bìxū xǐshǒu. [Pinyin]

   Employees must wash hands before returning to work.

2. (euphemistic) to go to the toilet
3. (euphemistic, of criminals) to reform; to retire

   • 等掙夠了錢，找個機會及時洗手，回國好好做一個普通人。 [MSC, trad.]
     等挣够了钱，找个机会及时洗手，回国好好做一个普通人。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2017 June 22, 刘建平 (Liu Jianping), 《走私“骡子”》, in 《故事会》, →ISSN, issue 634, page 74

     Děng zhèng gòu le qián, zhǎo ge jīhuì jíshí xǐshǒu, huíguó hǎohǎo zuò yīge pǔtōngrén. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (to wash one's hands):

Dialectal synonyms of 洗手 (“to wash one's hands”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		洗手
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	洗手
	Taiwan	洗手
	Harbin	洗手
	Singapore	洗手
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	洗手
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	洗手
	Xi'an	洗手
	Xining	洗手
	Xuzhou	洗手
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	洗手
	Lanzhou	洗手
	Ürümqi	洗手
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	洗手
	Wuhan	洗手
	Guiyang	洗手
	Guilin	洗手
	Guilin (Lingui)	洗手
	Liuzhou	洗手
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	洗手
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	洗手
Cantonese	Guangzhou	洗手
	Hong Kong	洗手
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	洗手
	Macau	洗手
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	洗手
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	洗手
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	洗手
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	洗手
	Foshan	洗手
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	洗手
	Foshan (Shunde)	洗手
	Foshan (Sanshui)	洗手
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	洗手
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	洗手
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	洗手
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	洗手
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	洗手
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	洗手
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	洗手
	Taishan	洗手
	Kaiping (Chikan)	洗手
	Enping (Niujiang)	洗手
	Heshan (Yayao)	洗手
	Dongguan	洗手
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	洗手
	Nanning	洗手
	Guiping	洗手
	Mengshan (Xihe)	洗手
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	揩手
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	洗手
	Baise	洗手
	Bobai	洗手
	Lingshan	洗手
	Pubei	洗手
	Qinzhou	洗手
	Beihai	洗手
	Ningming	洗手
	Hengzhou	洗手
	Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	洗手
	Singapore (Guangfu)	洗手
Gan	Nanchang	洗手
	Lichuan	洗手
Hakka	Meixian	洗手
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	洗手
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	洗手
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	洗手
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	洗手
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	洗手
	Yudu	洗手
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	洗手
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	洗手
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	洗手
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	洗手
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	洗手
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	洗手
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	洗手
	Mashan (Pianlian)	洗手
Huizhou	Jixi	洗手
Jin	Taiyuan	洗手
	Xinzhou	洗手
Northern Min	Jian'ou	洗手
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	洗手
Southern Min	Xiamen	洗手
	Quanzhou	洗手
	Jinjiang	洗手
	Tainan	洗手
	Singapore (Hokkien)	洗手
	Manila (Hokkien)	洗手
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	洗手
	Singapore (Teochew)	洗手
	Haikou	洗手
	Singapore (Hainanese)	洗手
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	洗手
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	洗手
	Nanning (Shajing)	洗手
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	洗手
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Chaoyang)	洗手
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	洗手
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	洗手
Wu	Shanghai	汏手
	Shanghai (Chongming)	淨手
	Suzhou	汏手, 淨手 suburbs
	Danyang	洗手
	Hangzhou	洗手, 汏手
	Ningbo	⿰氵丈手
	Jinhua	洗手
Xiang	Changsha	洗手
	Loudi	洗手
	Quanzhou	洗手
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	洗手

Derived terms

• 洗手池 (xǐshǒuchí)
• 洗手液 (xǐshǒuyè)
• 洗手間／洗手间 (xǐshǒujiān)

 

Related terms

• 盥漱 (guànshù)
• 盥洗 (guànxǐ)
• 漱口 (shùkǒu)
• 洗臉／洗脸 (xǐliǎn)

Korean

Hanja in this term
洗	手

Noun

洗手 • (sesu) (hangeul 세수)

1. Hanja form^? of 세수 (“washing one's face”).