# 洗濯
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xǐzhuó
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄓㄨㄛˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sai$^2$ zok$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xǐzhuó
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄓㄨㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sǐjhuó
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^3$-cho$^2$
*** Yale: syǐ-jwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiijwo
*** Palladius: сичжо (sičžo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sai$^2$ zok$^6$
*** Yale: sái johk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sai$^2$ dzok$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sei$^2$ zog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐi̯³⁵ t͡sɔːk̚²/

### Verb

洗濯
* (literary) to wash
    From: 《六韜》 (Six Secret Teachings)
    Zǔ xíng zhī rì, zīchē zhì zhěn, shì xǐzhuó jiǎbīng yě. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 1627, 馮夢龍 (Feng Menglong), 《醒世恆言》 (Stories to Awaken the World)
    Zào jǐn jì chéng, xū yào qǔ zhè jiāngshuǐ zài jiā xǐzhuó, néng shǐ yánsè bèijiā xiānmíng. [Pinyin]
    Making brocades requires rinsing them with the water from a river to make the colors even brighter.
* (literary, figurative) to wash off; to clear oneself of (opprobrium, stigma, guilt, etc.)
    From: 蘇轍 (Su Zhe), 《齊州祈雨青辭》
    Mín jì qióng cuì, lì yì zhènkǒng, gè zhī jiù yāng, jiāng zì xǐzhuó. [Pinyin]
    The people are exhausted and distressed, and the officials are afraid and worried. They know that calamity will ensue, and thus clear themselves of suffering.
    From: 1981, 流沙河 (Liu Shahe), 《理想》
    Lǐxiǎng shì féizào, xǐzhuó nǐ de zìsī xīn. [Pinyin]
    Ideals are soap, to wash off your selfishness.

#### Synonyms

* (to wash): 洗滌／洗涤 (xǐdí)
* (to clear oneself of): 洗刷 (xǐshuā)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 洗 | 濯 |
| せん Grade: 6 | たく Grade: S |
| kan'on ||
Kanji in this term :
| 洗 | 濯 |
| せん Grade: 6 | だく Grade: S |
| kan'on | goon |

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) せんたく [sèńtákú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [sẽ̞nta̠kɯ̟]
* (Tokyo) せんだく [sèńdákú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [sẽ̞nda̠kɯ̟]

### Noun

洗(せん)濯(たく) or 洗(せん)濯(だく) • (sentaku or sendaku)
* laundry, washing

### Verb

洗(せん)濯(たく)する or 洗(せん)濯(だく)する • (sentaku suru or sendaku suru) suru (stem 洗(せん)濯(たく)し (sentaku shi), past 洗(せん)濯(たく)した (sentaku shita))
* do the laundry; wash clothes
    汚(よご)れ物(もの)を洗濯(せんたく)する
       yogoremono o sentakusuru
       Washing dirty things

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 洗濯し | せんたくし | sentaku shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 洗濯し | せんたくし | sentaku shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 洗濯する | せんたくする | sentaku suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 洗濯する | せんたくする | sentaku suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 洗濯すれ | せんたくすれ | sentaku sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 洗濯せよ¹ 洗濯しろ² | せんたくせよ¹ せんたくしろ² | sentaku seyo¹ sentaku shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 洗濯される | せんたくされる | sentaku sareru |
| Causative | 洗濯させる 洗濯さす | せんたくさせる せんたくさす | sentaku saseru sentaku sasu |
| Potential | 洗濯できる | せんたくできる | sentaku dekiru |
| Volitional | 洗濯しよう | せんたくしよう | sentaku shiyō |
| Negative | 洗濯しない | せんたくしない | sentaku shinai |
| Negative continuative | 洗濯せず | せんたくせず | sentaku sezu |
| Formal | 洗濯します | せんたくします | sentaku shimasu |
| Perfective | 洗濯した | せんたくした | sentaku shita |
| Conjunctive | 洗濯して | せんたくして | sentaku shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 洗濯すれば | せんたくすれば | sentaku sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

#### Synonyms

* (wash clothes): 洗(あら)う (arau), クリーニング (kurīningu, “cleaning”)

### Derived terms

* 洗(せん)濯(たく)機(き) (sentakuki, “washing machine”)
* 洗濯板(せんたくいた) (sentakuita, “washboard”)
* 洗濯石鹸(せんたくせっけん) (sentakusekken, “laundry soap”)
* 洗(せん)濯(たく)屋(や) (sentakuya, “laundry (place or room where laundering is done)”)
* 洗濯挟(せんたくばさ)み (sentakubasami, “clothespin, clothes peg”)
* 洗濯物(せんたくもの) (sentakumono, “washing, laundry (that which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered)”)
* 洗(せん)濯(たく)表(ひょう)示(じ) (sentakuhyōji, “laundry symbol”)
* 洗(せん)濯(たく)乾(かん)燥(そう)機(き) (sentakukansōki, “washer-dryer”)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 洗 | 濯 |

### Noun

洗濯 • (setak) (hangeul 세탁)
* hanja form of 세탁 (“laundry, washing”)