Chinese
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- 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
- (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.
- (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.
- (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
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| 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
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term
|
| 洗
|
濯
|
せん
Grade: 6
|
たく
Grade: S
|
| kan'on
|
Pronunciation
Noun
洗濯 • (sentaku)
- laundry, washing
Verb
洗濯する • (sentaku suru) transitive suru (stem 洗濯し (sentaku shi), past 洗濯した (sentaku shita))
- do the laundry; wash clothes
- 汚れ物を洗濯する
- 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
Derived terms
- 洗濯機 (sentakuki, “washing machine”)
- 洗濯板 (sentakuita, “washboard”)
- 洗濯石鹸 (sentakusekken, “laundry soap”)
- 洗濯屋 (sentakuya, “laundry (place or room where laundering is done)”)
- 洗濯挟み (sentakubasami, “clothespin, clothes peg”)
- 洗濯物 (sentakumono, “washing, laundry (that which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered)”)
- 洗濯表示 (sentakuhyōji, “laundry symbol”)
- 洗濯乾燥機 (sentakukansōki, “washer-dryer”)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term
|
| 洗
|
濯
|
せん
Grade: 6
|
だく
Grade: S
|
| kan'on
|
goon
|
Pronunciation
Noun
洗濯 • (sendaku)
- (obsolete) laundry, washing
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Noun
洗濯 • (setak) (hangeul 세탁)
- hanja form? of 세탁 (“laundry, washing”)