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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 bath water is too hot.
( dialectal ) to swim
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 ).
( to take a shower or bath ) :
Dialectal synonyms of
洗澡 (“to take a shower or bath”)
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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
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)
洗身 , 灇肉
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
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”)
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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
Kinmen
泅水
Penghu (Magong)
泅水
Penang (Hokkien)
泅水
Singapore (Hokkien)
泅水
Manila (Hokkien)
泅水
Chaozhou
泅水
Shantou
游水 , 泅 , 泅水
Jieyang
泅水
Haifeng
泅水 , 洗浴仔
Bangkok (Teochew)
泅水
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
游水
Singapore (Teochew)
泅浴
Pontianak (Teochew)
泅水
Haikou
游水
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
游水
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
游水
Wu
Shanghai
游水 , 游泳
Shanghai (Chongming)
游水 , 淨冷水肉
Suzhou
游水 , 游泳
Danyang
划水
Hangzhou
游泳
Ningbo
游河 , 打泅
Wenzhou
泅水兒 , 泅河兒
Jinhua
划水 , 划水鴨兒 , 游泳
Jinhua (Tangxi)
划花兒
Xiang
Changsha
玩水 , 洗冷水澡 , 游泳
Loudi
打浮泅
Shuangfeng
洗冷水澡