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HSK
7-9

rinse

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

shuan4 shuàn

Meaning


Primary

rinse

Alternatives

rinses, rinsed, rinsing

Mnemonic


[shu-] Sherlock Holmes is in the [4] bathroom of the [-an] pawn shop where he is in charge of 涮 rinsing all of the newly pawned second-hand items to prepare them for sale. He is in the process of 涮 rinsing a vintage 刂 saber. He does it by getting an old 尸 flag that serves as a cleaning rag and 氵 spraying is with cleaning solution, then wiping the 刂 saber with it. Afterwards he 涮 rinses the 刂 saber in the sink, before drying it off with a 巾 towel.

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