Chinese Word of the Day
洗发水xǐ fà shuǐ
shampoo
Definitions
| Chinese > English | |
| 洗发水 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 洗髮水 | |
| 洗髮水 | xǐ髮shuǐ |
| 1. n. shampoo | |
| English > Chinese | |
| shampoo | |
| 1. 洗头，洗发，洗发剂 | |
| Components | |
| 洗 | xiǎn |
| 1. (Cantonese) (alt form, yue, 使, t=to need) | |
| 2. Variant of 㭠 | |
| 3. Variant of 洒 | |
| 㭠 | xiǎn |
| 1. Variant of 杴 | |
| 2. Variant of ? | |
| 洒 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 灑 | |
| 2. Variant of 洗 | |
| 发 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 發 | |
| 2. Simplified form of 髮 | |
| 發 | fā |
| 1. to shoot; to launch | |
| 發射 - to shoot; (of space vehicle) to launch | |
| 2. to issue | |
| 發佈 - to release | |
| 發號施令 - to give orders | |
| 3. to distribute | |
| 4. 發行xíng - to distribute; to circulate; to issue (securities) | |
| 5. 發 傳單 - to distribute leaflets | |
| 6. 發 工資 - to pay out wages | |
| 7. to ship; to send for delivery | |
| 8. 發貨 - to ship goods | |
| 9. to post; to send message | |
| 10. 發電 - to send a telegram | |
| 11. 發 ^微博 - to post an update to Weibo | |
| 12. 發 ^推特 - to post an update to Twitter; to tweet | |
| 13. 發 錯 群 - to post to the wrong group | |
| 14. 發 電子郵件 - to send an e-mail | |
| 15. to publish | |
| 16. 刊發 - to publish (in press media) | |
| 17. 發表 論文 - to publish a research work | |
| 18. to emit | |
| 19. 發光 - to emit light | |
| 20. 發音 - to pronounce; to vocalise | |
| 21. 煥發 - (figuratively) to radiate | |
| 22. to escape | |
| 23. 發散sàn - to diverge | |
| 24. 蒸發 - to evaporate | |
| 25. 揮發性 - volatility | |
| 26. (chiefly of plants or plant parts) to grow out; (of flowers) to blossom | |
| 27. 發芽 - to germinate | |
| 28. to depart; to leave | |
| 始發站 - station of departure | |
| 發 往 ^北京 的 列車 - train leaving for Beijing | |
| 29. to dispatch | |
| 發兵 - to dispatch troops | |
| 徵發 - to requisition | |
| 30. to expand; to extend; to spread | |
| 發揚 - to promote | |
| 發展 - to develop; to enhance | |
| 發條 - coiled spring; clockwork, lit=expanding strip) | |
| 31. to rise; to emerge | |
| 32. 發跡 - to rise to prominence | |
| 33. to gain wealth | |
| 34. 暴發戶 - parvenu/e | |
| 35. 他 發 了le。 - He has made a fortune. | |
| 36. (of food) to rise, expand, or become porous, especially as a result of leavening | |
| 37. 發糕 - fa gao (a porous rice dessert) | |
| 38. 麵 還沒 發 好。 - The dough has not yet fully risen. | |
| 39. to initiate; to give start to | |
| 發動 - to start (an engine) | |
| 自發 - spontaneous; voluntary, lit=self-initiated | |
| 後發制人 - to overpower the opponent by reacting to their (ill-advised) initiative; to win by not striking the first | |
| 激發 - to stimulate | |
| 40. to generate; to produce | |
| 發電 - to generate electric power | |
| 41. to become; to get into a certain state | |
| 發燒 - to have a fever | |
| 發狂 - to go mad | |
| 發呆 - to be in a daze | |
| 發情 - to be in oestrus | |
| 發覺jué - to become aware | |
| 42. to open; to remove what seals, blocks, or shuts | |
| 發掘 - to excavate; to unearth; (figurative) to develop | |
| 發軔 - to start, lit=to unblock the wheels | |
| 發現 - to discover; discovery | |
| 43. to make manifest; to express; to act out | |
| 發誓 - to swear an oath | |
| 發怒 - to act out one's anger; to hit out | |
| 揭發 - to expose (wrongdoing, scandal, etc.) | |
| 發表 意見 - to express one's opinions | |
| 44. (figurative, of the mind) to make clear; to enlighten; to open up; to stimulate | |
| 發明 - to explain clearly; to invent | |
| 啟發 - to inspire; to enlighten | |
| 45. (slang) | |
| 髮 | 髮 |
| 1. (anatomy) hair | |
| 頭髮fa - hair | |
| 水 | shuǐ |
| 1. water | |
| 請 給 我 一 杯 水，謝謝。 (Qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi shuǐ, xièxiè.) - A glass of water, please. | |
| 喝水 - hēshuǐ - to drink water | |
| 冰水 - bīngshuǐ - iced water | |
| 冷水 - lěngshuǐ - cold water | |
| 凍水 - dung3 seoi2 - cold water, C | |
| 熱水 - rèshuǐ - hot water | |
| 開水 - kāishuǐ - boiled water | |
| 滾水 - gwan2 seoi2 - boiled water, C | |
| 水族館 - shuǐzúguǎn - aquarium | |
| 水彩 - shuǐcǎi - watercolour | |
| 水溫 - shuǐwēn - water temperature | |
| 雨水 - yǔshuǐ - rainwater | |
| 海水 - hǎishuǐ - seawater | |
| 飲用水 - yǐnyòngshuǐ - drinking water | |
| 礦泉水 - kuàngquánshuǐ - mineral water | |
| 蒸餾水 - zhēngliúshuǐ - distilled water | |
| 水閘 - shuǐzhá - sluice | |
| 水力發電 - shuǐlìfādiàn - hydroelectricity | |
| 碳水化合物 - tànshuǐhuàhéwù - carbohydrate | |
| 脫水 - tuōshuǐ - to dehydrate; dehydration | |
| 水中毒 - shuǐzhōngdú - water intoxication; water poisoning | |
| 雙氧水 - shuāngyǎngshuǐ, lit=water with two oxygen (atoms) - hydrogen peroxide | |
| 2. liquid; potion; juice | |
| 口水 - kǒushuǐ - saliva | |
| 汗水 - hànshuǐ - sweat | |
| 羊水 - yángshuǐ - amniotic fluid | |
| 香水 - xiāngshuǐ - perfume | |
| 眼藥水 - yǎnyàoshuǐ - eyedrop | |
| 3. (colloquial, mainly, Singapore, Malaysia) Synonym of 飲料 (beverage) | |
| 要 叫 什麼 水？ (Yào jiào shénme shuǐ?) - What beverage do you want to order? | |
| 欲 叫 什sím物 水？ (Beh kiò sím-mi̍h chúi?) - What beverage do you want to order?, MN | |
| 4. (archaic) river | |
| 漢水 - Hànshuǐ - the Han River | |
| 5. body of water | |
| 水路 - shuǐlù - waterway | |
| 三 面 環 水 (sān miàn huán shuǐ) - to be surrounded by (bodies of) water on three sides | |
| 6. flood | |
| 發水 - fāshuǐ - to flood | |
| 7. additional cost or income | |
| 8. (dialectal) rain | |
| 9. (Cantonese) money | |
| 磅水 - bong6 seoi2 - to pay, C | |
| 掠loek6-1水 - loek6-1 seoi2 - to obtain money dishonestly, C | |
| 10. (Cantonese) hundred dollars | |
| 三 嚿 水 - saam1 gau6 seoi2 - three hundred dollars, C | |
| 11. (Cantonese) source of revenue | |
| 12. (Cantonese) to fool; to deceive; to misguide | |
| 13. to swim | |
| 水性 - shuǐxìng - swimming ability | |
| 14. (colloquial) lacking substance or power; worthless | |
| 這裡 的 大學 太 水 了。 (Zhèlǐ de dàxué tài shuǐ le.) - The universities here are too weak. | |
| 15. Short for 划水, gloss=to shirk; to slack off | |
| 16. one of the five elements of Wu Xing (五行) | |
| 17. (colloquial) Classifier for the number of times clothing was washed. | |
| 18. Sui people | |
| 水書 - shuǐshū - Shuishu (the traditional writing system of the Sui people) | |
| 19. Variant of 媠 | |
| 媠 | |
| 1. Variant of 嫷 | |
| 2. Variant of 惰 | |
| 3. (Min Nan) good-looking; pretty; beautiful | |
Pronunciation
xǐ fà shuǐ
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