水洗都唔清

Chinese

		water; river	to wash; to bathe	metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure
simp. and trad. (水洗都唔清)		水	洗	都	唔	清
Literally: “cannot wash oneself clean even with water”.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² sai² dou¹ m⁴ cing¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² sai² dou¹ m⁴ cing¹
  - Yale: séui sái dōu m̀h chīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² sai² dou¹ m⁴ tsing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² sei² dou¹ m⁴ qing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ sɐi̯³⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ m̩²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

水洗都唔清

(Cantonese) to have a wrongful accusation that is unable to be got rid of

Synonyms

跳進黃河洗不清／跳进黄河洗不清 (tiào jìn Huáng Hé xǐ bù qīng)
跳進黃浦江也洗不清／跳进黄浦江也洗不清
跳在黃河洗不清／跳在黄河洗不清

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