洗 xǐ

1. xǐ verb to wash; to bathe
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Hygiene
   Notes: For example, 心中那点污秽仿佛水远也洗不掉 'In Fang Fo's [Xiangzi's] heart there was some dirt that water could not wash away.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 211; CC-CEDICT '洗'; Guoyu '洗' v 1; Kroll 2015 '洗' 1, p. 488; Unihan '洗'; XHZD '洗' 1, p. 805)
2. xǐ verb to purify; to eliminate; to purge
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '洗' v 2; Kroll 2015 '洗' 1a, p. 488; Unihan '洗'; XHZD '洗' 2, p. 805)
3. xǐ verb to develop film
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '洗'; XHZD '洗' 3, p. 805)
4. xǐ verb to sack; to loot; to kill
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '洗' v 3; XHZD '洗' 5, p. 805)
5. xǐ verb to nullify
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (XHZD '洗' 4, p. 805)
6. xǐ verb to shuffle [cards]
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (XHZD '洗' 6, p. 805)
7. xǐ noun wash basin
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '洗' n; Kroll 2015 '洗' 1a, p. 488)
8. xiǎn noun jujube
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '洗' xiǎn n 1)
9. xiǎn proper noun Xian
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '洗' xiǎn n 2; Kroll 2015 '洗' xiǎn, p. 488)

Contained in

• 赤贫如洗(赤貧如洗) without two nickels to rub together; impoverished
• 施洗者约翰(施洗者約翰) John the Baptist
• 洗胃 to have one stomach's pumped; gastric lavage
• 洗涤间(洗滌間) washroom; washhouse
• 高压清洗机(高壓清洗機) high pressure washer
• 洗手不干(洗手不幹) to totally stop doing something; to reform one's ways
• 洗脸盆(洗臉盆) washbowl; basin for washing hands and face
• 洗手 to wash one's hands
• 洗浴 to bath
• 洗涤灵(洗滌靈) dishwashing liquid
• 洗面 facial cleansing
• 金盆洗手 to wash one's hands in a gold basin; to abandon the life of an outlaw
• 施洗 baptize
• 免洗杯 disposable cup
• 洗黑钱(洗黑錢) money laundering
• 洗肾(洗腎) to have dialysis treatment
• 洗耳恭听(洗耳恭聽) to listen with respectful attention
• 洗劫一空 to steal everything
• 浸洗 to immerse; to rinse
• 洗碗精 dishwashing liquid
• 领洗(領洗) to receive baptism
• 洗面奶 cleansing lotion
• 洗钱(洗錢) money laundering
• 洗脱(洗脫) to cleanse; to purge; to wash away
• 拆洗 to unpick and wash (e.g. padded garment)
• 家贫如洗(家貧如洗) extreme poverty; destitute; penniless; poor as church mice
• 洗浴中心 bathing and recreation center
• 洗衣房 laundry room
• 洗劫 to loot; to rob; to ransack; to pillage
• 以泪洗面(以淚洗面) to bathe one's face in tears
• 洗澡间(洗澡間) bathroom; restroom; shower room
• 洗脸(洗臉) to wash your face
• 洗发皂(洗髮皂) shampoo
• 洗涤剂(洗滌劑) cleaning agent; detergent
• 洗礼(洗禮) to baptize
• 盥洗 to wash up; to freshen up
• 淘洗 to wash
• 自助洗衣店 laundromat; launderette
• 受洗命名 to be christened
• 洗发剂(洗髮劑) shampoo
• 洗地 to clean the floor
• 洗者若翰 St John the Baptist
• 洗发水儿(洗髮水兒) shampoo
• 洗净(洗淨) to wash clean
• 劫洗 to loot; plunder
• 洗炼(洗煉) agile; nimble; deft
• 一贫如洗(一貧如洗) penniless
• 漂洗 to rinse (clothes)
• 洗剪吹 shampoo, haircut and blow-dry
• 种族清洗(種族清洗) ethnic cleansing; genocide

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洗消场

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Truncated for common words

• 大射 第七 7. The great archery meet (state level) The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 52
• 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 45
• 燕禮 第六 6. Banquet rites The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 40
• 有司 第十七 17. The servant clearing the way The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 38
• 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 36
• 卷三十　　志第十一:　禮三 宗廟 禘袷 朝享、時享儀 Volume 30 Treatises 11: Rites 3 - Ancestral Temples, Dijia, Worshipping, Seasonal Rituals History of Jin 金史 — count: 32
• 特牲馈食礼 第十五 15. Rites of the single victim food offering The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 28
• 卷十 列傳第四: 周鐵虎 程靈洗 Volume 10: Zhou Tiehu; Cheng Lingxi Book of Chen 陳書 — count: 27
• 卷七十三　志第二十四: 　祭祀二 Volume 73 Treatises 26: Offerings 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 25
• 卷十八　　　　　志第八　　　　禮樂八 Volume 18 Treatises 8: Rites and Music 8 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 23

Collocations

• 姑洗 (姑洗) 律中姑洗 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 31
• 降洗 (降洗) 降洗 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 29
• 卒洗 (卒洗) 卒洗 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士冠禮 第一 1. Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer — count: 25
• 主人洗 (主人洗) 主人洗 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 燕禮 第六 6. Banquet rites — count: 23
• 洗爵 (洗爵) 洗爵奠斝 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧行葦 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Xing Wei — count: 21
• 拜洗 (拜洗) 拜洗 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《鄉飲酒義》 The Meaning of the Drinking Festivity in the Districts — count: 19
• 辞洗 (辭洗) 不敢辭洗 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士昬禮 第二 2. Nuptial rites for a common officer — count: 18
• 洗沐 (洗沐) 窋既洗沐歸 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《曹相國世家》 House of Chancellor Cao — count: 18
• 在洗 (在洗) 其水在洗東 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《鄉飲酒義》 The Meaning of the Drinking Festivity in the Districts — count: 14
• 设洗 (設洗) 設洗 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士冠禮 第一 1. Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer — count: 13