洗濯
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄓㄨㄛˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sǐjhuó
- Wade–Giles: hsi3-cho2
- Yale: syǐ-jwó
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiijwo
- Palladius: сичжо (sičžo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sai2 zok6
- Yale: sái johk
- Cantonese Pinyin: sai2 dzok9
- Guangdong Romanization: sei2 zog6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐi̯³⁵ t͡sɔːk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
洗濯
- (literary) to wash
- 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.]
- 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.
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.]
- (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.]
- 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.
民既穷瘁，吏亦震恐，各知咎殃，将自洗濯。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
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