# 洗手
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xǐshǒu
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄕㄡˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xi$^3$ sou$^3$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sai$^2$ sau$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhai$^2$ siu$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): xi$^3$ siu$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sé-sú
    (Hailu, HRS): se$^ˊ$ shiu$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sê$^3$ su$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): xi$^2$ sou$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): sǎi-siǔ
* Eastern Min (BUC): sā̤-chiū
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sóe-chhiú / sé-chhiú
    (Teochew, Peng'im): soi$^2$ ciu$^2$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): si$^3$ shou$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xǐshǒu [Phonetic: xíshǒu]
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄕㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sǐshǒu
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^3$-shou$^3$
*** Yale: syǐ-shǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiishoou
*** Palladius: сишоу (sišou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: xi$^3$ sou$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xisou
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵³ səu⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sai$^2$ sau$^2$
*** Yale: sái sáu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sai$^2$ sau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sei$^2$ seo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐi̯³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhai$^2$ siu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬai⁵⁵ siu⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: xi$^3$ siu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi²¹³⁻²⁴ sɨu²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sé-sú
*** Hakka Romanization System: se$^ˋ$ su$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: se$^3$ su$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /se³¹ su³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: se$^ˊ$ shiu$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /se²⁴⁻³³ ʃiu²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sê$^3$ su$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /se³¹ su³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: xi$^2$ sou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕi⁵³⁻¹¹ səu⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sǎi-siǔ
*** Sinological IPA : /sai²¹ siu²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sā̤-chiū
*** Sinological IPA : /sɛ³³⁻³⁵ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$ʒieu³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sóe-chhiú
*** Tâi-lô: sué-tshiú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: soefchiuo
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /sue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /sue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sé-chhiú
*** Tâi-lô: sé-tshiú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sefchiuo
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: soi$^2$ ciu$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sói tshiú
*** Sinological IPA : /soi⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻²¹/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: si$^3$ shou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /si⁴¹ ʂəu̯⁴¹/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /ɕi⁴¹ səu̯⁴¹/

### Verb

洗⫽手 (verb-object)
* to wash one's hands
       Yuángōng fǎngǎng qián bìxū xǐshǒu. [Pinyin]
       Employees must wash hands before returning to work.
* (euphemistic) to go to the toilet
* (euphemistic, of criminals) to reform; to retire
    From: 2017 June 22, 刘建平 (Liu Jianping), 《走私“骡子”》, in 《故事会》, →ISSN, issue 634, page 74
    Děng zhèng gòu le qián, zhǎo ge jīhuì jíshí xǐshǒu, huíguó hǎohǎo zuò yīge pǔtōngrén. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

* (to wash one's hands):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 洗手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 洗手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 洗手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 洗手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 洗手 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 洗手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 洗手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 洗手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 洗手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 洗手 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 洗手 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 洗手 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 洗手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 洗手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 洗手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 洗手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 洗手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 洗手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 洗手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 洗手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 揩手 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 洗手 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 洗手 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 洗手 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 洗手 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 洗手 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 洗手 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 洗手 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 洗手 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 洗手 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 洗手 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 洗手 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 洗手 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 洗手 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 洗手 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 洗手 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 洗手 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 洗手 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 洗手 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 洗手 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 洗手 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 洗手 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 洗手 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 洗手 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 洗手 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 洗手 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 洗手 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 洗手 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 洗手 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 洗手 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 洗手 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 洗手 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 洗手 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 洗手 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 洗手 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 洗手 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 洗手 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 洗手 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang (Xinqiao) | 洗手 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 洗手 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 洗手 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 洗手 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 汏手 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 淨手 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 汏手, 淨手 suburbs |
| Wu | Danyang | 洗手 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 洗手, 汏手 |
| Wu | Ningbo | ⿰氵丈手 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 洗手 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 洗手 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 洗手 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 洗手 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 洗手 |

#### Derived terms

* 洗手不幹／洗手不干
* 洗手奉職／洗手奉职
* 洗手池 (xǐshǒuchí)
* 洗手液 (xǐshǒuyè)
* 洗手錢／洗手钱
* 洗手間／洗手间 (xǐshǒujiān)
* 金盆洗手 (jīnpénxǐshǒu)

#### Related terms

* 盥漱 (guànshù)
* 盥洗 (guànxǐ)
* 漱口 (shùkǒu)
* 洗臉／洗脸 (xǐliǎn)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 洗 | 手 |

### Noun

洗手 • (sesu) (hangeul 세수)
* hanja form of 세수 (“washing one's face”)