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洗手

Mandarin · pinyin xǐ shǒu

Meanings

  1. to wash one's hands
  2. to go to the toilet
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洗
xǐ · wash, rinse; clean, purify
手
shǒu · hand
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3–3 · xi3 shou3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sai2 sau2

Cantonese word readings for 洗手. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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sai2 sau2

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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verb

  1. (verb-object) to wash one's hands
  2. (euphemistic) to go to the toilet
  3. (euphemistic, of criminals) to reform; to retire

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