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洗⫽澡 (verb-object) (intransitive)
- to take a shower or bath; to wash oneself; to bathe
- 我先洗個澡。／我先洗个澡。 ― Wǒ xiān xǐ ge zǎo. ― I'm just gonna take a shower.
- 洗澡水太燙了。／洗澡水太烫了。 ― Xǐzǎo shuǐ tài tàng le. ― The bathwater is too hot.
- (dialectal) to swim
Usage notes
Note that in casual conversation Chinese speakers do not usually distinguish between taking a shower and taking a bath as is customary in English; 洗澡 (xǐzǎo) could refer to either. To refer specifically to taking a shower, consider 沖澡／冲澡 (chōngzǎo) or 淋浴 (línyù); to refer specifically to taking a bath consider 泡澡 (pàozǎo) or 浸浴 (jìnyù).
Synonyms
- (to take a shower or bath):
More information Variety, Location ...
| Variety
| Location
| Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) |
洗澡, 沐浴 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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Dialectal synonyms of
洗澡 (“to take a shower or bath”)
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| Variety
| Location
| Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) |
游泳, 游水, 洑水, 浮水, 泅水 |
| Northeastern Mandarin |
Beijing |
游泳, 洑水 |
| Taiwan |
游泳 |
| Harbin |
游泳, 洑水 |
| Malaysia |
游泳 |
| Singapore |
游泳 |
| Jilu Mandarin |
Jinan |
游泳, 浮水, 洑水, 洗澡 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin |
Yantai (Muping) |
游泳, 漤水兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin |
Luoyang |
洑水, 洗澡 rural |
| Wanrong |
泭水 |
| Xi'an |
浮水, 洗澡 |
| Xining |
游泳 |
| Xuzhou |
洗澡 |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) |
浮水 |
| Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) |
洗澡 |
| Lanyin Mandarin |
Yinchuan |
耍水 |
| Lanzhou |
洑水, 打澡, 洗澡兒 |
| Ürümqi |
游泳, 洗澡兒, 浮水 |
| Southwestern Mandarin |
Chengdu |
游泳, 浮水, 洗澡 |
| Wuhan |
游泳, 游水, 泅水, 玩水 |
| Guiyang |
洗澡, 洑水, 游泳 |
| Liuzhou |
游水, 洗大涼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin |
Nanjing |
游泳, 游水 |
| Yangzhou |
游泳, 游水, 洗澡 |
| Nantong |
游水 |
| Hefei |
洗澡, 划水 |
| Chuzhou |
洗澡 |
| Cantonese |
Guangzhou |
游水 |
| Hong Kong |
游水 |
| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) |
游水 |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) |
游水 |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) |
游水 |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) |
游水 |
| Macau |
游水 |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) |
游水 |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) |
洗涼, 游水 |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) |
游水 |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) |
洗身 |
| Foshan |
游水 |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) |
湧水 |
| Foshan (Shunde) |
湧水 |
| Foshan (Sanshui) |
游水 |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) |
游水 |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) |
游水 |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) |
游水 |
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) |
游水 |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) |
游水 |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) |
游水 |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) |
游水 |
| Taishan |
游水 |
| Kaiping (Chikan) |
游水 |
| Enping (Niujiang) |
游水 |
| Heshan (Yayao) |
游水 |
| Dongguan |
游水 |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) |
游水 |
| Yangjiang |
游水 |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) |
游水 |
| Singapore (Guangfu) |
游水 |
| Gan |
Nanchang |
玩水, 泅水 |
| Lichuan |
划水 |
| Pingxiang |
洗冷水澡, 泅水 |
| Hakka |
Meixian |
游水, 洗身仔, 泅水仔, 泅水 |
| Fengshun (Tangkeng) |
洗溪身 |
| Fengshun (Fengliang) |
洗溪身 |
| Fengshun (Pantian) |
洗溪身 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) |
洗冷水身, 游水 |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) |
游水 |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) |
游水 |
| Heyuan (Bendihua) |
游水 |
| Liannan |
洗冷水身 |
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) |
游泳 |
| Jiexi |
泅水 |
| Changting |
洗浴 |
| Wuping |
洗身子 |
| Ninghua |
打浮條 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) |
泅水, 洗身仔 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) |
泅水, 泅水仔, 洗身仔 |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) |
泅水, 洗身仔 |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) |
泅水, 泅身 |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) |
泅水, 泅水仔 |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) |
泅水 |
| Hong Kong |
游水 |
| Senai (Huiyang) |
游水 |
| Kuching (Hepo) |
游水 |
| Jin |
Taiyuan |
耍水, 游泳 |
| Xinzhou |
耍水 |
| Northern Min |
Jian'ou |
泅水, 洗浴, 游泳 |
| Eastern Min |
Fuzhou |
泅水, 洗水 |
| Fuding |
泅水 |
| Singapore (Fuqing) |
泅水 |
| Southern Min |
Xiamen |
泅水, 游泳 |
| Quanzhou |
泅水, 游泳 |
| Zhangzhou |
泅水, 游泳 |
| Taipei |
泅水, 游泳 |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) |
泅水 |
| Kaohsiung |
泅水, 游泳 |
| Yilan |
泅水, 游泳 |
| Changhua (Lukang) |
泅水 |
| Taichung |
泅水, 游泳 |
| Tainan |
泅水, 洗浴, 游泳 |
| Hsinchu |
泅水, 游泳 |
| Kinmen |
泅水 |
| Penghu (Magong) |
泅水 |
| Penang (Hokkien) |
泅水 |
| Singapore (Hokkien) |
泅水 |
| Manila (Hokkien) |
泅水 |
| Chaozhou |
泅水 |
| Shantou |
游水, 泅, 泅水 |
| Jieyang |
泅水 |
| Haifeng |
泅水, 洗浴仔 |
| Bangkok (Teochew) |
泅水 |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) |
游水 |
| Singapore (Teochew) |
泅浴 |
| Pontianak (Teochew) |
泅水 |
| Haikou |
游水 |
| Zhongshan Min |
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) |
游水 |
| Southern Pinghua |
Nanning (Tingzi) |
游水 |
| Wu |
Shanghai |
游水, 游泳 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) |
游水, 淨冷水肉 |
| Suzhou |
游水, 游泳 |
| Danyang |
划水 |
| Hangzhou |
游泳 |
| Ningbo |
游河, 打泅 |
| Wenzhou |
泅水兒, 泅河兒 |
| Jinhua |
划水, 划水鴨兒, 游泳 |
| Jinhua (Tangxi) |
划花兒 |
| Xiang |
Changsha |
玩水, 洗冷水澡, 游泳 |
| Loudi |
打浮泅 |
| Shuangfeng |
洗冷水澡 |
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Dialectal synonyms of
游泳 (“to swim”)
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