洗濯

洗濯

1. (literary) to wash

   • 祖行之日，輜車至軫，是洗濯甲兵也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     祖行之日，辎车至轸，是洗濯甲兵也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《六韜》 (Six Secret Teachings)

     Zǔ xíng zhī rì, zīchē zhì zhěn, shì xǐzhuó jiǎbīng yě. [Pinyin]

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   • 造錦既成，須要取這江水再加洗濯，能使顏色倍加鮮明。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     造锦既成，须要取这江水再加洗濯，能使颜色倍加鲜明。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     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.

2. (literary, figurative) to wash off; to clear oneself of (opprobrium, stigma, guilt, etc.)

   • 民既窮瘁，吏亦震恐，各知咎殃，將自洗濯。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     民既穷瘁，吏亦震恐，各知咎殃，将自洗濯。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     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.

   • 理想是肥皂，洗濯你的自私心。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     From: 1981, 流沙河 (Liu Shahe), 《理想》

     Lǐxiǎng shì féizào, xǐzhuó nǐ de zìsīxīn. [Pinyin]

     Ideals are soap, to wash off your selfishness.

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

• (Tokyo) せんたく [sèńtákú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞nta̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

• (Tokyo) せんだく [sèńdákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞nda̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

洗(せん)濯(たく) or 洗(せん)濯(だく) • (sentaku or sendaku) 

1. laundry, washing

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))

1. 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

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

• 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”)

洗濯 • (setak) (hangeul 세탁)

1. Hanja form^? of 세탁 (“laundry, washing”).