Chinese
Pronunciation
Verb
洗⫽澡 (verb-object) (intransitive)
- 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.
- (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”) [map]
| 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
|
Dialectal synonyms of
游泳 (“to swim”)
[map]
| 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
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| Kinmen
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泅水
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| Penghu (Magong)
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泅水
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| Penang (Hokkien)
|
泅水
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
泅水
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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泅水
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| Chaozhou
|
泅水
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| Shantou
|
游水, 泅, 泅水
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| Jieyang
|
泅水
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| Haifeng
|
泅水, 洗浴仔
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| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
泅水
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| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
游水
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| Singapore (Teochew)
|
泅浴
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| Pontianak (Teochew)
|
泅水
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| Haikou
|
游水
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
游水
|
| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
|
游水
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| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
游水, 游泳
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
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游水, 淨冷水肉
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| Suzhou
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游水, 游泳
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| Danyang
|
划水
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| Hangzhou
|
游泳
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| Ningbo
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游河, 打泅
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| Wenzhou
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泅水兒, 泅河兒
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| Jinhua
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划水, 划水鴨兒, 游泳
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| Jinhua (Tangxi)
|
划花兒
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| Xiang
|
Changsha
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玩水, 洗冷水澡, 游泳
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| Loudi
|
打浮泅
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| Shuangfeng
|
洗冷水澡
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Derived terms