清掃

See also: 淸掃 and 清扫

Chinese

		clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure	broom; to sweep
trad. (清掃)		清	掃
simp. (清扫)		清	扫
anagram		掃清／扫清

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīngsǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄙㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ sou³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-sàu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīngsǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄙㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cingsǎo
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-sao³
  - Yale: chīng-sǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingsao
  - Palladius: цинсао (cinsao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ sou³
  - Yale: chīng sou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ sou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ sou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ sou̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-sàu
  - Tâi-lô: tshing-sàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhengsaux
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sau²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ sau⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sau²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sau¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sau²¹/

Verb

清掃

to sweep; to thoroughly clean up

Synonyms

劐 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
打掃 / 打扫 (dǎsǎo)
掃 / 扫
掃灑 / 扫洒 (sǎosǎ) (literary, or Min Nan)
掃除 / 扫除 (sǎochú)
摒掃 / 摒扫 (Hakka, Hokkien)

Derived terms

清掃車 / 清扫车 (qīngsǎochē)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
清	掃
せい Grade: 4	そう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
淸掃 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーそー [sèésóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [se̞ːso̞ː]

Noun

清(せい)掃(そう) • (seisō)

cleaning

Verb

清(せい)掃(そう)する • (seisō suru) transitive suru (stem 清(せい)掃(そう)し (seisō shi), past 清(せい)掃(そう)した (seisō shita))

to clean

Conjugation

Conjugation of "清掃する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	清掃し	せいそうし	seisō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	清掃し	せいそうし	seisō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	清掃する	せいそうする	seisō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	清掃する	せいそうする	seisō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	清掃すれ	せいそうすれ	seisō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	清掃せよ¹ 清掃しろ²	せいそうせよ¹ せいそうしろ²	seisō seyo¹ seisō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	清掃される	せいそうされる	seisō sareru
Causative	清掃させる清掃さす	せいそうさせるせいそうさす	seisō saseru seisō sasu
Potential	清掃できる	せいそうできる	seisō dekiru
Volitional	清掃しよう	せいそうしよう	seisō shiyō
Negative	清掃しない	せいそうしない	seisō shinai
Negative continuative	清掃せず	せいそうせず	seisō sezu
Formal	清掃します	せいそうします	seisō shimasu
Perfective	清掃した	せいそうした	seisō shita
Conjunctive	清掃して	せいそうして	seisō shite
Hypothetical conditional	清掃すれば	せいそうすれば	seisō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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