洗澡

Chinese

		to wash; to bathe	bath
simp. and trad. (洗澡)		洗	澡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xǐzǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄗㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai² cou³, sai² zou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xǐzǎo [Phonetic: xízǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄗㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiitzao
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai² cou³, sai² zou²
  - Yale: sái chou, sái jóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai² tsou³, sai² dzou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei² cou³, sei² zou²
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³³/, /sɐi̯³⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/

Verb

洗澡

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.
(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

Dialectal synonyms of 洗澡 (“to take a shower or bath”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		沐浴
Mandarin	Beijing	洗澡
	Taiwan	洗澡
	Shenyang	洗澡兒
	Jinan	洗澡
	Xi'an	洗澡
	Wuhan	洗澡
	Chengdu	洗澡
	Kunming	洗澡
	Yangzhou	洗澡
	Hefei	洗澡, 抹澡
	Malaysia	沖涼
	Singapore	沖涼
Cantonese	Guangzhou	沖涼, 洗身
	Hong Kong	沖涼, 洗身
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	沖涼, 洗身
	Macau	沖涼
	Panyu	沖涼
	Huadu (Huashan)	沖涼
	Conghua	沖涼, 洗身
	Zengcheng	沖涼, 洗身
	Foshan	沖涼
	Nanhai (Shatou)	洗涼
	Shunde	沖涼
	Sanshui	沖涼, 洗身
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	洗身
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	洗身
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	洗身
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	洗身
	Doumen	沖涼, 洗身
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	洗身
	Xinhui	洗身
	Taishan	沖涼
	Kaiping (Chikan)	洗身
	Enping (Niujiang)	沖涼
	Heshan (Yayao)	洗身
	Dongguan	沖涼
	Bao'an (Shajing)	沖涼
	Yangjiang	洗身
Gan	Nanchang	洗澡
Hakka	Meixian	沖涼, 洗身
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	沖涼, 洗身
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	沖涼
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	沖涼
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	沖涼
	Conghua (Lütian)	洗身
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	沖涼, 洗身, 洗身腳
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	沖涼, 洗身, 洗身腳
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	沖涼, 洗身, 洗身腳
	Dongshi (Dabu)	沖涼, 洗身, 洗浴, 洗身腳
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	沖涼, 洗浴, 洗浴腳
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	沖涼, 洗浴
Jin	Taiyuan	洗澡
Min Bei	Jian'ou	洗浴
Min Dong	Fuzhou	洗湯, 洗身
Min Nan	Xiamen	洗身軀, 洗身, 洗浴, 灇浴
	Quanzhou	洗身軀, 洗身, 洗浴
	Jinjiang	灇肉
	Zhangzhou	洗身軀, 洗身, 洗浴, 灇浴
	Taipei	洗身軀
	Kaohsiung	洗身軀
	Tainan	洗身軀
	Taichung	洗身軀
	Hsinchu	洗身軀
	Lukang	洗身軀
	Sanxia	洗身軀
	Yilan	洗身軀
	Kinmen	洗身軀
	Magong	洗身軀
	Penang	灇, 灇浴, 灇水
	Singapore	灇水
	Philippines (Manila)	灇肉
	Chaozhou	洗浴
	Shantou	洗浴
Wu	Suzhou	淴浴
Wu	Wenzhou	洗浴, 洗身體
Xiang	Changsha	洗澡
Xiang	Shuangfeng	洗澡

Dialectal synonyms of 游泳 (“to swim”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		游泳
Mandarin	Beijing	游泳, 洑水
	Jinan	游泳, 洑水, 洗澡
	Xi'an	浮水, 洗澡
	Wuhan	游水, 泅水, 玩水
	Chengdu	浮水, 洗澡
	Yangzhou	游水, 洗澡
	Hefei	洗澡, 划水
Cantonese	Guangzhou	游水
	Hong Kong	游水
	Taishan	游水
	Yangjiang	游水
Gan	Nanchang	玩水
Hakka	Meixian	游水, 洗身仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	泅水, 洗身仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	泅水仔, 洗身仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	泅水
	Dongshi (Dabu)	泅水, 泅身
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	泅水, 泅水仔
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	泅水
Jin	Taiyuan	耍水, 游泳
Min Bei	Jian'ou	泅水, 洗浴
Min Dong	Fuzhou	泅水, 洗水
Min Nan	Xiamen	泅水, 游泳
	Quanzhou	泅水, 游泳
	Zhangzhou	泅水, 游泳
	Taipei	泅水, 游泳
	Kaohsiung	泅水, 游泳
	Tainan	泅水, 洗浴, 游泳
	Taichung	泅水, 游泳
	Hsinchu	泅水, 游泳
	Lukang	泅水
	Sanxia	泅水
	Yilan	泅水, 游泳
	Kinmen	泅水
	Magong	泅水
	Penang	泅水
	Philippines (Manila)	泅水
	Chaozhou	泅水
Wu	Suzhou	游水, 游泳
Wu	Wenzhou	泅河兒
Xiang	Changsha	洗冷水澡, 游泳
Xiang	Shuangfeng	洗冷水澡

Derived terms

洗澡間／洗澡间 (xǐzǎojiān)

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