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, SP): xi³ sou³

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): sai² sau²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhai² siu²

• Gan (Wiktionary): xi³ siu³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sé-sú

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sê³ su³

• Jin (Wiktionary): xi² sou²
• Min Bei (KCR): sǎi-siǔ
• Min Dong (BUC): sā̤-chiū
• Min Nan

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): soi² ciu²

• Wu (Wiktionary): xi seu (T2)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): si³ shou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xǐshǒu [Phonetic: xíshǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiishoou
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐshǒu
    • 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)⁺
    • 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/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sǎi-siǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai²¹ siu²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sā̤-chiū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ³³⁻³⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒieu³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sóe-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: sué-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soefchiuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /sue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /sue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sé-chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: sé-tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sefchiuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: soi² ciu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sói tshiú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soi⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: xi seu (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³³ sɜ⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: si³ shou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /si⁴¹ ʂəu⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɕi⁴¹ səu⁴¹/

Verb

洗手

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 0257-0238, 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 example)

Derived terms

• 洗手池 (xǐshǒuchí)
• 洗手液 (xǐshǒuyè)

• 洗手間／洗手间 (xǐshǒujiān)

Synonyms

• (to wash one's hands): (Shanghainese) 汏手

Related terms

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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
洗	手

Noun

洗手 • (sesu) (hangeul 세수)

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