洗濯

Chinese

Pronunciation

Verb

洗濯

1. (literary) to wash

   • 祖行之日，輜車至軫，是洗濯甲兵也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     祖行之日，辎车至轸，是洗濯甲兵也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《六韜》 (Six Secret Teachings)

     Zǔ xíng zhī rì, zīchē zhì zhěn, shì xǐzhuó jiǎbīng yě.

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   • 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.]
     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.]

     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.

     Making brocades requires rinsing them with the water from a river to make the colors even brighter.

2. (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.]
     民既穷瘁，吏亦震恐，各知咎殃，将自洗濯。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     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.

     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.

   • 理想是肥皂，洗濯你的自私心。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     From: 1981, 流沙河 (Liu Shahe), 《理想》

     Lǐxiǎng shì féizào, xǐzhuó nǐ de zìsīxīn.

     Ideals are soap, to wash off your selfishness.

Synonyms

• (to wash): 洗滌／洗涤 (xǐdí)
• (to clear oneself of): 洗刷 (xǐshuā)

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せんたく (Heiban – )
• IPA^(key):

• (Tokyo) せんだく (Heiban – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

洗(せん)濯(たく) or 洗(せん)濯(だく) • (sentaku or sendaku) 

1. laundry, washing

Verb

洗(せん)濯(たく)する or 洗(せん)濯(だく)する • (sentaku suru or sendaku suru) suru (stem 洗(せん)濯(たく)し (sentaku shi), past 洗(せん)濯(たく)した (sentaku shita))

1. do the laundry; wash clothes

   汚(よご)れ物(もの)を洗濯(せんたく)する

   yogoremono o sentakusuru

   Washing dirty things

Synonyms

• (wash clothes): 洗(あら)う (arau), クリーニング (kurīningu, “cleaning”)

Derived terms

• 洗(せん)濯(たく)機(き) (sentakuki, “washing machine”)
• 洗濯板(せんたくいた) (sentakuita, “washboard”)
• 洗濯石鹸(せんたくせっけん) (sentakusekken, “laundry soap”)
• 洗(せん)濯(たく)屋(や) (sentakuya, “laundry (place or room where laundering is done)”)
• 洗濯挟(せんたくばさ)み (sentakubasami, “clothespin, clothes peg”)
• 洗濯物(せんたくもの) (sentakumono, “washing, laundry (that which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered)”)
• 洗(せん)濯(たく)表(ひょう)示(じ) (sentakuhyōji, “laundry symbol”)
• 洗(せん)濯(たく)乾(かん)燥(そう)機(き) (sentakukansōki, “washer-dryer”)

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Korean

Noun

洗濯 • (setak) (hangeul 세탁)

1. Hanja form^? of 세탁 (“laundry, washing”).