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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.wash; bathe; clean with water
早上没事的时候，她就洗衣服。
If she has nothing to do in the morning, she washes clothes.
窗帘需要洗一洗了。
The window curtains need washing.
她的新裙子洗得褪了色。
The colour of her new dress washed out.
- 2
n.baptize
施洗
baptize
- 3
v.kill everyone or/and loot everything; sack; devastate
洗劫
kill and loot
- 4
v.clear away; eliminate
清洗
eliminate
- 5
v.shuffle cards in preparation for another game
洗骨牌
shuffle the dominoes
好好洗一下这副牌。
Give the cards a good shuffle.
- 6
v.develop (a film); have the film developed
洗胶卷
develop an exposed film
洗相片
process a photo
- 7
n.archwashing utensil
笔洗
basin for washing writing brushes
Words and phrases with 洗
- 洗脑[word]brainwash
- 洗发水[word]liquid shampoo
- 洗剂[word]lotion
- 洗劫[word]loot
- 洗钱[word]launder money
- 洗漱[word]wash one's face and rinse one's mouth
- 洗车[word]wash a car
- 洗碗[word]wash up
- 洗雪[word]wipe out
- 洗心涤虑[idiom]cleanse one's heart and purge it from anxiety
- 洗劫一空[idiom]robbed of everything one had
- 洗尘接风[idiom]give a dinner to a friend on his return from travel
- 洗耳恭听[idiom]strain one's ears to catch what is being said
- 洗手不干[idiom]wash one's hands of it once and for all; stop doing wrong and reform oneself
- 洗心革面[idiom]turn over a new leaf
Word usage
- Note"洗" is usually pronounced as "xǐ"; when pronounced as "xiǎn", it is used for surnames, which is different from "冼".