The Chinese word for bath is
洗澡
xĭ zăo
Chinese Definition
| bath | |
| 1. 名词. 沐浴 | |
| 2. 动词. 沐浴 | |
| Components | |
| 洗 | |
| 1. (Cantonese) (alt form, yue, 使, t=to need) | |
| 2. Variant of 㭠 | |
| 3. Variant of 洒 | |
| 澡 | |
| 1. to bathe; to wash |
Translations for 澡 and their definitions
| 浴室 | |
| 1. n. bathroom (room used for bathing) | |
| 2. n. (chiefly mainland) public bathhouse |
| 沐浴 | |
| 1. v. to take a bath or shower; to wash oneself; to bathe | |
| 2. v. (of light) to be bathed in | |
| 3. v. (metaphorically) to be immersed in |
| 浴缸 | |
| 1. n. bathtub |
| 洗澡 | |
| 1. v. to take a shower or bath; to wash oneself; to bathe | |
| 我 先 洗 個 澡。 - I'm just gonna take a shower. | |
| 洗澡 水 太 燙 了。 - The bathwater is too hot. | |
| 2. v. (dialectal) to swim | |
| 3. usage. Note that in casual conversation Chinese speakers do not usually distinguish between taking a shower and taking a bath as is customary in English; 浸浴. |
| 浴盆 | |
| 1. n. bathtub |
| 澡盆 | |
| 1. n. bathtub |
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Pronunciation
xĭ zăo
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