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
trad. (水洗都唔清)		水	洗	都	唔	清
simp. #(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

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • 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

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 跳進黃河洗不清 (“to have a wrongful accusation that is unable to be got rid of”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		跳進黃河洗不清, 跳到黃河洗不清, 跳入黃河洗不清, 跳在黃河洗不清
Cantonese	Guangzhou	水洗都唔淨, 水洗都唔清
	Hong Kong	水洗都唔清
Hakka	Meixian	跳落黃河洗唔清
	Xingning	跳落黃河洗唔清
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	三條坑水洗唔淨
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	三條坑水洗唔淨
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	三條坑水洗唔淨
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	三條坑水洗唔淨
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	三條坑水洗唔淨
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	三條坑水洗唔會淨
Wu	Shanghai	跳進黃浦汏勿清