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Chinese

to wash; to bathe bath
trad. (洗澡) 洗 澡
simp. #(洗澡) 洗 澡

Pronunciation

Verb

洗⫽澡 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. 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.
  2. (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):
Dialectal synonyms of 洗澡 (“to take a shower or bath”)
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
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
  • (to swim):
Dialectal synonyms of 游泳 (“to swim”)
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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