洗

洗 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水竹土山 (EHGU), four-corner 3411₁, composition ⿰氵先)

• 箲 鍌 𢝚 𢱓 𤀗 𤂩 𪷮 𬈞

• KangXi: page 620, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17379
• Dae Jaweon: page 1016, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1608, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6D17

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sɯːlʔ, *sɯːnʔ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 先 (OC *sɯːn, *sɯːns).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/b-s(j)il ~ *m/b-sjal (“to wash; to bathe”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan བསིལ (bsil, “to wash”), Mizo sil (“to wash”).

洗

1. to wash; to rinse

   洗衣  ―  xǐyī  ―  to wash clothes

   洗碗  ―  xǐwǎn  ―  to wash the dishes

2. to clean; to purify
3. to redress; to right
4. (religion) to baptize

   洗禮／洗礼  ―  xǐlǐ  ―  baptism

5. to kill and loot; to sack

   清洗  ―  qīngxǐ  ―  to purge

   洗劫  ―  xǐjié  ―  to loot

6. (photography) to develop (a photo)

   沖洗／冲洗  ―  chōngxǐ  ―  to develop a photo

7. to clear; to erase (a recording, a file, etc.)
8. (card games) to shuffle

   洗牌  ―  xǐpái  ―  to shuffle cards

   這些牌還沒洗過。／这些牌还没洗过。  ―  Zhèxiē pái hái méi xǐ guò.  ―  These cards haven't been shuffled yet.

9. (derogatory) to whitewash

   這都能洗？／这都能洗？  ―  Zhè dōu néng xǐ?  ―  You can even cover up something like this?

   • 管不了是一回事，遇到有人報案，警察就有義務去核實事情的真實性，這個是連立案都沒有！瀆職是沒得洗了！ [MSC, trad.]
     管不了是一回事，遇到有人报案，警察就有义务去核实事情的真实性，这个是连立案都没有！渎职是没得洗了！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2020 December 2, 马马 (username), comment on the answer from 百安居 (username) to the question “如何看待山东一成年公民疑似被亲属雇佣「假警察」强制送到戒网瘾机构，进行非法拘禁和强制「医疗」？”, on Zhihu

     Guǎn bù le shì yīhuíshì, yùdào yǒurén bào'àn, jǐngchá jiù yǒu yìwù qù héshí shìqíng de zhēnshíxìng, zhège shì lián lì'àn dōu méiyǒu! Dúzhí shì méi dé xǐ le! [Pinyin]

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10. (Min Bei) to give birth to; to beget

    • 亞伯拉罕洗以撒；以撒洗雅各；雅各洗猶大邀猶大的兄弟 [Min Bei, trad.]
      亚伯拉罕洗以撒；以撒洗雅各；雅各洗犹大邀犹大的兄弟 [Min Bei, simp.]

      From: 1896, Séng Iŏ̤ Cṳ̌ing Sṳ́: Gṳ̄ing-nǎing Hǔ gâ̤ Tǔ-kióng (Lô̤-mǎ Cī), Mǎ-tuo̿i Hŭ-éng 1:2

      Ngā-bă-là-hǎng sǎi Ì-să; Ì-să sǎi Ngǎ-gŏ̤; Ngǎ-gŏ̤ sǎi Iǔ-duōi iáu Iǔ-duōi gâ̤ hiáng-dī [Kienning Colloquial Romanized]

      Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren

• (to wash):

• (to develop a photo): 沖洗／冲洗 (chōngxǐ)
• (to give birth to):

洗

1. ^† to wash one's feet
2. a surname

洗

1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 使 (“to need”).

• “洗”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. to wash

• Go-on: さい (sai); せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: せい (sei); せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kun: あらう (arau, 洗う, Jōyō)

洗 (eumhun 씻을 세 (ssiseul se))

1. Hanja form^? of 세 (“wash”).

• 세탁 (洗濯, setak, “laundry”)

洗: Hán Nôm readings: tẩy, dẫy, giẫy, rải, rảy, tiển

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