1. 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. 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. verb to develop film
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '洗'; XHZD '洗' 3, p. 805)
  4. verb to sack; to loot; to kill
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '洗' v 3; XHZD '洗' 5, p. 805)
  5. verb to nullify
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (XHZD '洗' 4, p. 805)
  6. verb to shuffle [cards]
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (XHZD '洗' 6, p. 805)
  7. 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)

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