洗洗睡

Chinese

		to wash; to bathe	to wash; to bathe	to sleep
trad. (洗洗睡)		洗	洗	睡
simp. #(洗洗睡)		洗	洗	睡
Literally: “to wash-wash-sleep; to wash up and go to sleep”.

Etymology

The sense is from 洗洗睡吧，夢裡什麼都有／洗洗睡吧，梦里什么都有 (“Wash yourself and go to sleep, you can have everything in your dreams”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐxǐshuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄒㄧˇ ㄕㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐxǐshuì [Phonetic: xíxǐshuì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄒㄧˇ ㄕㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐsǐshuèi
    • Wade–Giles: hsi³-hsi³-shui⁴
    • Yale: syǐ-syǐ-shwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiishiishuey
    • Palladius: сисишуй (sisišuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Verb

洗洗睡

1. (neologism, slang, humorous) to put one's mind at rest; to stop wasting one's energy on something; to give up on an idea