洗濯

Chinese

		to wash; to bathe	rinse; to cleanse
trad. (洗濯)		洗	濯
simp. #(洗濯)		洗	濯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐzhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄓㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai² zok⁶
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): se³ zorh⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐzhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄓㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐjhuó
    • Wade–Giles: hsi³-cho²
    • Yale: syǐ-jwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiijwo
    • Palladius: сичжо (sičžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai² zok⁶
    • Yale: sái johk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai² dzok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei² zog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵ t͡sɔːk̚²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: se³ zorh⁷ [Phonetic: se⁵ lorh⁷]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sâ̤-co̤̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬe⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^(t͡s-)lɒʔ⁴/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: se³ zorh⁷ [Phonetic: se⁵ lorh⁷]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬe³³²⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)lɒʔ⁴/
  • (Youyang)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: se³ zorh⁷ [Phonetic: se⁵ lorh⁷]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /θe³³²⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)lɒʔ⁴/

Verb

洗濯

1. (literary) to wash

   • 祖行之日，輜車至軫，是洗濯甲兵也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     祖行之日，辎车至轸，是洗濯甲兵也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《六韜》 (Six Secret Teachings)

     Zǔ xíng zhī rì, zīchē zhì zhěn, shì xǐzhuó jiǎbīng yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 造錦既成，須要取這江水再加洗濯，能使顏色倍加鮮明。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     造锦既成，须要取这江水再加洗濯，能使颜色倍加鲜明。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1627, 馮夢龍 (Feng Menglong), 《醒世恆言》 (Stories to Awaken the World)

     Zào jǐn jì chéng, xū yào qǔ zhè jiāngshuǐ zài jiā xǐzhuó, néng shǐ yánsè bèijiā xiānmíng. [Pinyin]

     Making brocades requires rinsing them with the water from a river to make the colors even brighter.

2. (literary, figurative) to wash off; to clear oneself of (opprobrium, stigma, guilt, etc.)

   • 民既窮瘁，吏亦震恐，各知咎殃，將自洗濯。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     民既穷瘁，吏亦震恐，各知咎殃，将自洗濯。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 蘇轍 (Su Zhe), 《齊州祈雨青辭》

     Mín jì qióng cuì, lì yì zhènkǒng, gè zhī jiù yāng, jiāng zì xǐzhuó. [Pinyin]

     The people are exhausted and distressed, and the officials are afraid and worried. They know that calamity will ensue, and thus clear themselves of suffering.

   • 理想是肥皂，洗濯你的自私心。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     From: 1981, 流沙河 (Liu Shahe), 《理想》

     Lǐxiǎng shì féizào, xǐzhuó nǐ de zìsī xīn. [Pinyin]

     Ideals are soap, to wash off your selfishness.

3. (Puxian Min) to take a shower or bath

Synonyms

• (to wash): 洗滌／洗涤 (xǐdí)
• (to clear oneself of): 洗刷 (xǐshuā)
• (to take a shower; to take a bath):

Dialectal synonyms of 洗澡 (“to take a shower or bath”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		洗澡, 沐浴, 沖澡 †
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	洗澡
	Taiwan	洗澡
	Harbin	洗澡兒
	Shenyang	洗澡兒
	Malaysia	沖涼
	Singapore	沖涼
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	洗澡
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	洗澡
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	洗澡
	Xi'an	洗澡
	Xining	洗澡
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	洗澡
	Ürümqi	洗澡兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	洗澡
	Wuhan	洗澡
	Guiyang	洗澡
	Kunming	洗澡
	Guilin	洗澡
	Lipu	洗涼
	Liuzhou	洗身
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	洗澡
	Yangzhou	洗澡
	Hefei	洗澡, 抹澡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	沖涼, 洗身
	Hong Kong	沖涼, 洗白白 childish, 洗身 dated
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	洗身
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	沖涼, 洗身
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	沖涼, 洗身
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	沖涼, 洗身
	Macau	沖涼
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	沖涼
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	沖涼
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	沖涼, 洗身
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	沖涼, 洗身
	Foshan	沖涼
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	洗涼
	Foshan (Shunde)	沖涼
	Foshan (Sanshui)	沖涼, 洗身
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	洗身
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	洗身, 過身
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	洗身
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	洗身
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	沖涼, 洗身
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	洗身
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	洗身
	Taishan	沖涼
	Kaiping (Chikan)	洗身
	Enping (Niujiang)	沖涼
	Heshan (Yayao)	洗身
	Dongguan	沖涼, 洗白白 childish
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	沖涼
	Qingyuan	沖涼
	Fogang	沖涼, 洗身
	Yingde (Hanguang)	洗身
	Yangshan	洗身
	Lianshan (Butian)	洗身
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	洗身
	Shaoguan	沖涼, 洗身
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	洗身, 沖涼
	Renhua	沖涼, 洗身
	Lechang	洗身, 沖涼
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	洗身
	Sihui	洗身
	Guangning	洗身
	Deqing	洗涼
	Huaiji	洗汗
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	沖涼
	Yunfu	洗身
	Xinxing	洗身
	Luoding	洗身, 沖涼
	Yunan (Pingtai)	洗身
	Yangjiang	洗身
	Xinyi	洗身, 揩身
	Maoming (Xinpo)	洗身, 沖涼
	Lianjiang	沖涼, 洗身
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	洗身
	Nanning	沖涼, 洗身
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	洗身
	Hepu (Shatian)	沖身, 沖涼
	Qinzhou	沖涼, 洗身
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	沖涼, 洗身
	Beihai	洗身
	Beihai (Nankang)	沖涼
	Beihai (Yingpan)	洗身
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	洗身, 沖涼
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	沖涼
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	洗身, 沖涼
Dongxing	洗身
Danzhou	洗皮
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	沖涼
Ipoh (Guangfu)	沖涼
Singapore (Guangfu)	沖涼
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	沖涼
Móng Cái	洗身, 沖涼
Gan	Nanchang	洗澡
	Lichuan	做洗
	Pingxiang	洗澡
Hakka	Meixian	沖涼, 洗身, 洗身仔
	Dabu (Xihe)	洗身
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	沖涼, 洗身
	Huiyang	沖涼
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	沖涼
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	沖涼
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	沖涼
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	洗身
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	洗身
	Wengyuan	洗身
	Liannan	洗身
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	洗身
	Jiexi	洗身
	Luhe	洗身
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	洗浴
	Changting	洗浴
	Wuping (Yanqian)	洗浴
	Ninghua	洗湯
	Yudu	洗澡
	Ningdu	洗湯
	Tonggu (Sandu)	洗身
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	洗澡
	Dayu	洗澡
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	沖涼, 洗身, 洗身腳
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	沖涼, 洗身, 洗身腳
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	沖涼, 洗身, 洗身腳
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	沖涼, 洗身, 洗浴, 洗身腳
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	沖涼, 洗浴, 洗浴腳
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	沖涼, 洗浴
	Hong Kong	沖涼
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	洗身
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	洗身
	Xinyi (Sihe)	洗身
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	洗身
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	洗身
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	洗身
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	洗身
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	洗身, 沖涼
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	洗身
	Mengshan (Xihe)	洗身
	Luchuan	洗身
	Sabah (Longchuan)	沖涼
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	沖涼
	Senai (Huiyang)	沖涼
	Kuching (Hepo)	洗涼
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	洗涼
	Singkawang	洗涼
Huizhou	Jixi	洗浴
Jin	Taiyuan	洗澡
	Xinzhou	洗澡
Northern Min	Jian'ou	洗浴
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	洗浴
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	洗浴, 洗身
	Pucheng (Shibei)	洗浴
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	洗湯, 洗身
	Fuzhou (Changle)	洗湯
	Fuqing	洗身
	Yongtai	洗身
	Gutian	洗浴
	Fu'an	洗湯
	Ningde	洗身
	Shouning	洗身
	Zhouning	洗完身
	Fuding	洗身體
Southern Min	Xiamen	洗身軀, 洗身, 洗浴, 灇浴 †
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	洗身軀
	Quanzhou	洗身軀, 洗身, 洗浴
	Jinjiang	洗身, 灇肉 †, 灇身 †
	Yongchun	洗身
	Zhangzhou	洗渾軀, 洗渾, 洗浴, 灇浴 †
	Zhangpu	洗渾軀
	Zhao'an	洗浴
	Taipei	洗身軀
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	洗身軀
	Kaohsiung	洗身軀, 洗胸軀
	Yilan	洗渾軀
	Changhua (Lukang)	洗身軀, 揉身軀
	Taichung	洗身軀, 洗胸軀
	Taichung (Wuqi)	洗身軀
	Tainan	洗身軀
	Taitung	洗胸軀
	Hsinchu	洗身軀
	Kinmen	洗身軀
	Penghu (Magong)	洗身軀
	Penang (Hokkien)	灇, 灇浴, 灇水
	Singapore (Hokkien)	灇水, 灇浴
	Manila (Hokkien)	灇肉, 洗身, 洗身軀
	Medan (Hokkien)	灇水, 灇浴
	Longyan	灇浴
	Chaozhou	洗浴
	Shantou	洗浴
	Shantou (Chenghai)	洗浴
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	洗浴
	Jieyang	洗浴, 灇浴 †
	Lufeng	洗浴, 洗身
	Haifeng	洗浴
	Bangkok (Teochew)	灇浴
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	洗浴, 灇浴
	Singapore (Teochew)	灇浴
	Leizhou	沖涼, 洗浴
	Wenchang	洗浴, 洗熱
	Haikou	洗浴, 洗熱, 漴浴, 洗面 childish
	Singapore (Hainanese)	漴浴
Puxian Min	Putian	洗濯
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	洗濯
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	洗濯
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	洗身
	Xianyou	洗濯, 洗湯 in a hot spring
	Xianyou (Fengting)	洗濯
	Xianyou (Youyang)	洗濯
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	洗身
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	洗涼
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	洗身
Wu	Shanghai	汏浴, 淨浴, 淴浴 dated
	Shanghai (Qingpu)	揩身
	Shanghai (Chongming)	汏浴
	Suzhou	淴浴
	Danyang	洗浴
	Deqing	澡浴
	Hangzhou	洗浴, 汏浴
	Ningbo	汏浴
	Wenzhou	洗浴, 洗身體
	Lishui	洗浴
	Jinhua	洗浴
Xiang	Changsha	洗澡
	Loudi	洗澡
	Shuangfeng	洗澡
Note	† - (chiefly) to shower

Japanese

Laundry.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
洗	濯
せん Grade: 6	たく Grade: S
kan'on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞nta̠kɯ̟]
• (Tokyo) せんたく [sèńtákú] (Heiban – [0])

• Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 洗濯する

Plain	洗濯する	せんたく・する	[sèńtákú sùrú]
Conjunctive	洗濯して	せんたく・して	[sèńtákú shìté]
Perfective	洗濯した	せんたく・した	[sèńtákú shìtá]
Negative	洗濯しない	せんたく・しない	[sèńtákú shìnáí]
Negative perfective	洗濯しなかった	せんたく・しなかった	[sèńtákú shìnáꜜkàttà]
Hypothetical conditional	洗濯すれば	せんたく・すれば	[sèńtákú sùréꜜbà]
Past conditional	洗濯したら	せんたく・したら	[sèńtákú shìtáꜜrà]
Imperative	洗濯しろ 洗濯せよ	せんたく・しろ せんたく・せよ	[sèńtákú shìró] [sèńtákú séꜜyò]
Volitional	洗濯しよう	せんたく・しよー	[sèńtákú shìyóꜜò]
Desiderative	洗濯したい	せんたく・したい	[sèńtákú shìtáí]
Formal	洗濯します	せんたく・します	[sèńtákú shìmáꜜsù]
Formal negative	洗濯しません	せんたく・しません	[sèńtákú shìmáséꜜǹ]
Formal volitional	洗濯しましょう	せんたく・しましょー	[sèńtákú shìmáshóꜜò]
Formal perfective	洗濯しました	せんたく・しました	[sèńtákú shìmáꜜshìtà]
Continuative	洗濯し 洗濯しに	せんたく・し せんたく・しに	[sèńtákú shì] [sèńtákú shì ní]
Negative continuative	洗濯せず 洗濯せずに	せんたく・せず せんたく・せずに	[sèńtákú séꜜzù] [sèńtákú séꜜzù nì]
Passive	洗濯される	せんたく・される	[sèńtákú sàrérú]
Causative	洗濯させる 洗濯さす	せんたく・させる せんたく・さす	[sèńtákú sàsérú] [sèńtákú sàsú]
Potential	洗濯できる	せんたく・できる	[sèńtákú dèkíꜜrù]

Noun

洗(せん)濯(たく) • (sentaku) 

1. laundry, washing

Verb

洗(せん)濯(たく)する • (sentaku suru) transitive suru (stem 洗(せん)濯(たく)し (sentaku shi), past 洗(せん)濯(たく)した (sentaku shita))

1. do the laundry; wash clothes

   汚(よご)れ物(もの)を洗濯(せんたく)する

   yogoremono o sentakusuru

   Washing dirty things

Conjugation

Conjugation of "洗濯する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	洗濯し	せんたくし	sentaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	洗濯し	せんたくし	sentaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	洗濯する	せんたくする	sentaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	洗濯する	せんたくする	sentaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	洗濯すれ	せんたくすれ	sentaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	洗濯せよ¹ 洗濯しろ²	せんたくせよ¹ せんたくしろ²	sentaku seyo¹ sentaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	洗濯される	せんたくされる	sentaku sareru
Causative	洗濯させる 洗濯さす	せんたくさせる せんたくさす	sentaku saseru sentaku sasu
Potential	洗濯できる	せんたくできる	sentaku dekiru
Volitional	洗濯しよう	せんたくしよう	sentaku shiyō
Negative	洗濯しない	せんたくしない	sentaku shinai
Negative continuative	洗濯せず	せんたくせず	sentaku sezu
Formal	洗濯します	せんたくします	sentaku shimasu
Perfective	洗濯した	せんたくした	sentaku shita
Conjunctive	洗濯して	せんたくして	sentaku shite
Hypothetical conditional	洗濯すれば	せんたくすれば	sentaku sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• (wash clothes): 洗(あら)う (arau), クリーニング (kurīningu, “cleaning”)

Derived terms

• 洗(せん)濯(たく)機(き) (sentakuki, “washing machine”)
• 洗(せん)濯(たく)板(いた) (sentakuita, “washboard”)
• 洗(せん)濯(たく)石(せっ)鹸(けん) (sentakusekken, “laundry soap”)
• 洗(せん)濯(たく)屋(や) (sentakuya, “laundry (place or room where laundering is done)”)
• 洗(せん)濯(たく)挟(ばさ)み (sentakubasami, “clothespin, clothes peg”)
• 洗(せん)濯(たく)物(もの) (sentakumono, “washing, laundry (that which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered)”)
• 洗(せん)濯(たく)表(ひょう)示(じ) (sentakuhyōji, “laundry symbol”)
• 洗(せん)濯(たく)乾(かん)燥(そう)機(き) (sentakukansōki, “washer-dryer”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
洗	濯
せん Grade: 6	だく Grade: S
kan'on	goon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞nda̠kɯ̟]

Noun

洗(せん)濯(だく) • (sendaku) 

1. (obsolete) laundry, washing

References

• “洗濯”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
洗	濯

Noun

洗濯 • (setak) (hangeul 세탁)

1. hanja form^? of 세탁 (“laundry, washing”)