盥洗

Chinese

		wash (especially hands)	to wash; to bathe
simp. and trad. (盥洗)		盥	洗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guànxǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun³ sai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guànxǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guànsǐ
    • Wade–Giles: kuan⁴-hsi³
    • Yale: gwàn-syǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guannshii
    • Palladius: гуаньси (guanʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵¹ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun³ sai²
    • Yale: gun sái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun³ sai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun³ sei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³³ sɐi̯³⁵/

Verb

盥洗

1. to wash up; to freshen up

Derived terms

• 盥洗室 (guànxǐshì)
• 盥洗盆 (guànxǐpén)
• 盥洗臺／盥洗台 (guànxǐtái)

 

Related terms

• 盥漱 (guànshù)
• 漱口 (shùkǒu)
• 洗臉／洗脸 (xǐliǎn)
• 洗手 (xǐshǒu)

Korean

Hanja in this term
盥	洗

Noun

盥洗 • (gwanse) (hangeul 관세)

1. Hanja form^? of 관세 (“purificatory washing of the hands (usually in preparation for a Confucian ceremony)”).