Definition
洗 (xǐ) is a general verb meaning 'to wash' objects like hands or clothes. For taking a bath or shower, use the fixed phrase 洗澡 (xǐ zǎo); do not say 洗 alone to mean 'bathe'.
verb
to washto bathe (in 洗澡)
Easily confused
- 选xuǎnlook-aliketo choose, to pick, to select; to elect
- 西Xīsound-alikewest; the West
- 先xiānlook-alikefirst, in advance, before others
- 吸xīsound-aliketo inhale, to breathe in
- 充chōnglook-aliketo fill; to charge (a battery)
- 戏xìsound-alike(noun) drama; play; show (especially theatrical performance)
- 系xìsound-aliketo relate to; to involve; to connect
- 系xìsound-alike(formal/classical) to be; to relate to
- 细xìsound-alikethin, slender
- 席xísound-alikewoven mat (e.g., bamboo or straw mat)
Examples
- 洗？Nǐ měitiān xǐ jǐ cì shǒu?How many times do you wash your hands each day?
- 。Māma zhèngzài xǐ yīfu.Mom is washing clothes.
- 洗。Wǒ wǎnshang xǐ wán zǎo jiù shuìjiào.After I finish washing up at night, I go to sleep.
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