洗手 Chinese English dictionary 洗手 translate 洗手 pinyin

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洗手

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
洗手 xǐshǒu	洗手 \| 洗手* \| *洗手	to wash one's hands / to go to the toilet

Character decomposition:

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
洗	洗 \| 洗* \| *洗	9画水氵氺 + 6	xǐ, xiǎn	wash, rinse; clean, purify	sai2	3411.1 EHGU


手	手 \| 手* \| *手	4画手扌 + 0	shǒu	hand	sau2	2050.0 Q

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
洗手 xǐshǒu	洗手 \| 洗手* \| *洗手	to wash one's hands / to go to the toilet


洗 xǐ	洗 \| 洗* \| *洗	to wash; to bathe / to develop (photographs) / to shuffle (cards etc) / to erase (a recording)


洗 xiǎn	洗 \| 洗* \| *洗	used in 洗馬｜洗马


手　shǒu	手 \| 手* \| *手	hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL: 雙｜双, 隻｜只