洗車

See also: 洗车

Chinese

		to wash; to bathe	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (洗車)		洗	車
simp. (洗车)		洗	车

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐchē

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄔㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai² ce¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sé-chhâ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sê³ ca¹

• Northern Min (KCR): sǎi-chiá
• Eastern Min (BUC): sā̤-chiă
• Southern Min

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): soi² cia¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵shi-tsho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐchē
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄔㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐche
    • Wade–Giles: hsi³-chʻê¹
    • Yale: syǐ-chē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiiche
    • Palladius: сичэ (sičɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai² ce¹
    • Yale: sái chē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai² tse¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei² cé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sé-chhâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: se` ca´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: se³ ca¹
    • Sinological IPA: /se³¹ t͡sʰa²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sê³ ca¹
    • Sinological IPA: /se³¹ t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sǎi-chiá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai²¹ t͡sʰia⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sā̤-chiă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ³³⁻²¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒia⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sóe-chhia
    • Tâi-lô: sué-tshia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soefchiaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /sue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰia³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /sue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sé-chhia
    • Tâi-lô: sé-tshia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sefchiaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: soi² cia¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sói tshia
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soi⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰia³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵shi-tsho
    • MiniDict: shi^去 tsho
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xi-tsho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi³³ t͡sʰo⁴⁴/

Verb

洗⫽車 (verb-object)

1. (intransitive) to wash a car

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (洗車):

• → Japanese: 洗車(せんしゃ) (sensha)
• → Korean: 세차(洗車) (secha)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
洗	車
せん Grade: 6	しゃ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

洗(せん)車(しゃ) • (sensha) 

1. washing an automobile or train car

Verb

洗(せん)車(しゃ)する • (sensha suru) intransitive suru (stem 洗(せん)車(しゃ)し (sensha shi), past 洗(せん)車(しゃ)した (sensha shita))

1. wash a car

   隅々(すみずみ)まで洗車(せんしゃ)する

   sumizumi made sensha suru

   wash every inch of a car

Conjugation

Conjugation of "洗車する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	洗車し	せんしゃし	sensha shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	洗車し	せんしゃし	sensha shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	洗車する	せんしゃする	sensha suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	洗車する	せんしゃする	sensha suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	洗車すれ	せんしゃすれ	sensha sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	洗車せよ¹ 洗車しろ²	せんしゃせよ¹ せんしゃしろ²	sensha seyo¹ sensha shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	洗車される	せんしゃされる	sensha sareru
Causative	洗車させる 洗車さす	せんしゃさせる せんしゃさす	sensha saseru sensha sasu
Potential	洗車できる	せんしゃできる	sensha dekiru
Volitional	洗車しよう	せんしゃしよう	sensha shiyō
Negative	洗車しない	せんしゃしない	sensha shinai
Negative continuative	洗車せず	せんしゃせず	sensha sezu
Formal	洗車します	せんしゃします	sensha shimasu
Perfective	洗車した	せんしゃした	sensha shita
Conjunctive	洗車して	せんしゃして	sensha shite
Hypothetical conditional	洗車すれば	せんしゃすれば	sensha sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
洗	車

Noun

洗車 • (secha) (hangeul 세차)

1. Hanja form^? of 세차 (“washing the car”).