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to wash

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xi3

Meaning


Primary

to wash

Alternatives

wash, washed, washing, washes

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is in the [3] basement of the [-_] house, trying 洗 to wash the dirty 先 caveman that is in the corner. She 氵 sprays him with a hose 洗 to wash him. She doesn't use the bathroom because the 先 caveman is so dirty that she doesn't want him in the other parts of the house.

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