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洗
Mandarin · pinyin xǐ#
Meanings · xǐ
- to wash; to bathe
- to develop (photographs)
- to shuffle (cards etc)
- to erase (a recording)
Mandarin · pinyin xiǎn#
Meanings · xiǎn
- used in 洗馬 xiǎn mǎ
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- 洗
- xǐ · wash, rinse; clean, purify
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Mandarin tones
3 · xi3
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 14 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
sai2 · sin2
Cantonese word readings for 洗. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- to wash; to rinse
- to clean; to purify
- to redress; to right
- (religion) baptism
- to kill and loot; to sack
- (photography) to develop (a photo)
- (photography, figurative, colloquial) to print (a photo) from digital camera
- to clear; to erase (a recording, a file, etc.)
- (card games) to shuffle
- (derogatory) to whitewash
- (Northern Min) to give birth to; to beget
character · Etymology 1
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to wash one's feet
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- (Cantonese) alternative form of 使 (“to need”)
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