Chinese Word of the Day
洗发水xǐ fà shuǐ
shampoo
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 洗发水 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 洗髮水 | ||
| 洗髮水 | xǐ髮shuǐ | |
| 1. n. shampoo | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| shampoo | ||
| 1. 洗头，洗发，洗发剂 | ||
| Components | ||
| 洗 | xiǎn | |
| 1. (Cantonese) (alt form, yue, 使, t=to need) | ||
| 2. Variant of 㭠 | ||
| 3. Variant of 洒 | ||
| 㭠 | xiǎn | |
| 1. Variant of 杴 | ||
| 2. Variant of ? | ||
| 洒 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 灑 | ||
| 2. Variant of 洗 | ||
| 发 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 發 | ||
| 2. Simplified form of 髮 | ||
| 發 | fā | |
| 1. to shoot; to launch | ||
| 發射 - to shoot; (of space vehicle) to launch | ||
| 2. to issue | ||
| 發佈 - to release | ||
| 發號施令 - to give orders | ||
| 3. to distribute | ||
| 4. 發行xíng - to distribute; to circulate; to issue (securities) | ||
| 5. 發 傳單 - to distribute leaflets | ||
| 6. 發 工資 - to pay out wages | ||
| 7. to ship; to send for delivery | ||
| 8. 發貨 - to ship goods | ||
| 9. to post; to send message | ||
| 10. 發電 - to send a telegram | ||
| 11. 發 微博 - to post an update to Weibo | ||
| 12. 發 推特 - to post an update to Twitter; to tweet | ||
| 13. 發 錯 群 - to post to the wrong group | ||
| 14. 發 電子郵件 - to send an e-mail | ||
| 15. to publish | ||
| 16. 刊發 - to publish (in press media) | ||
| 17. 發表 論文 - to publish a research work | ||
| 18. to emit | ||
| 19. 發光 - to emit light | ||
| 20. 發音 - to pronounce; to vocalise | ||
| 21. 煥發 - (figuratively) to radiate | ||
| 22. to escape | ||
| 23. 發散sàn - to diverge | ||
| 24. 蒸發 - to evaporate | ||
| 25. 揮發性 - volatility | ||
| 26. (chiefly of plants or plant parts) to grow out; (of flowers) to blossom | ||
| 27. 發芽 - to germinate | ||
| 28. to depart; to leave | ||
| 始發站 - station of departure | ||
| 發 往 北京 的 列車 - train leaving for Beijing | ||
| 29. to dispatch | ||
| 發兵 - to dispatch troops | ||
| 徵發 - to requisition | ||
| 30. to expand; to extend; to spread | ||
| 發揚 - to promote | ||
| 發展 - to develop; to enhance | ||
| 發條 - coiled spring; clockwork, lit=expanding strip) | ||
| 31. to rise; to emerge | ||
| 32. 發跡 - to rise to prominence | ||
| 33. to gain wealth | ||
| 34. 暴發戶 - parvenu/e | ||
| 35. 他 發 了le。 - He has made a fortune. | ||
| 36. (of food) to rise, expand, or become porous, especially as a result of leavening | ||
| 37. 發糕 - fa gao (a porous rice dessert) | ||
| 38. 麵 還沒 發 好。 - The dough has not yet fully risen. | ||
| 39. to initiate; to give start to | ||
| 發動 - to start (an engine) | ||
| 自發 - spontaneous; voluntary, lit=self-initiated | ||
| 後發制人 - to overpower the opponent by reacting to their (ill-advised) initiative; to win by not striking the first | ||
| 激發 - to stimulate | ||
| 40. to generate; to produce | ||
| 發電 - to generate electric power | ||
| 41. to become; to get into a certain state | ||
| 發燒 - to have a fever | ||
| 發狂 - to go mad | ||
| 發呆 - to be in a daze | ||
| 發情 - to be in oestrus | ||
| 發覺jué - to become aware | ||
| 42. (zh-no-solo) to open; to remove what seals, blocks, or shuts | ||
| 發掘 - to excavate; to unearth; (figurative) to develop | ||
| 發軔 - to start, lit=to unblock the wheels | ||
| 發現 - to discover; discovery | ||
| 43. to make manifest; to express; to act out | ||
| 發誓 - to swear an oath | ||
| 發怒 - to act out one's anger; to hit out | ||
| 揭發 - to expose (wrongdoing, scandal, etc.) | ||
| 發表 意見 - to express one's opinions | ||
| 44. (figurative, of the mind) to make clear; to enlighten; to open up; to stimulate | ||
| 發明 - to explain clearly; to invent | ||
| 啟發 - to inspire; to enlighten | ||
| 45. (slang) | ||
| 髮 | 髮 | |
| 1. (anatomy) hair | ||
| 頭髮fa - hair | ||
| 水 | shuǐ | |
| 1. water | ||
| 請 給 我 一 杯 水，謝謝。 (Qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi shuǐ, xièxiè.) - A glass of water, please. | ||
| 喝水 - hēshuǐ - to drink water | ||
| 冰水 - bīngshuǐ - iced water | ||
| 冷水 - lěngshuǐ - cold water | ||
| 凍水 - dung3 seoi2 - cold water, C | ||
| 熱水 - rèshuǐ - hot water | ||
| 開水 - kāishuǐ - boiled water | ||
| 滾水 - gwan2 seoi2 - boiled water, C | ||
| 水族館 - shuǐzúguǎn - aquarium | ||
| 水彩 - shuǐcǎi - watercolour | ||
| 水溫 - shuǐwēn - water temperature | ||
| 雨水 - yǔshuǐ - rainwater | ||
| 海水 - hǎishuǐ - seawater | ||
| 飲用水 - yǐnyòngshuǐ - drinking water | ||
| 礦泉水 - kuàngquánshuǐ - mineral water | ||
| 蒸餾水 - zhēngliúshuǐ - distilled water | ||
| 水閘 - shuǐzhá - sluice | ||
| 水力發電 - shuǐlìfādiàn - hydroelectricity | ||
| 碳水化合物 - tànshuǐhuàhéwù - carbohydrate | ||
| 脫水 - tuōshuǐ - to dehydrate; dehydration | ||
| 水中毒 - shuǐzhōngdú - water intoxication; water poisoning | ||
| 雙氧水 - shuāngyǎngshuǐ, lit=water with two oxygen (atoms) - hydrogen peroxide | ||
| 2. liquid; potion; juice | ||
| 口水 - kǒushuǐ - saliva | ||
| 汗水 - hànshuǐ - sweat | ||
| 羊水 - yángshuǐ - amniotic fluid | ||
| 香水 - xiāngshuǐ - perfume | ||
| 眼藥水 - yǎnyàoshuǐ - eyedrop | ||
| 3. (colloquial, mainly, Singapore, Malaysia) Synonym of 飲料 (beverage) | ||
| 要 叫 什麼 水？ (Yào jiào shénme shuǐ?) - What beverage do you want to order? | ||
| 欲 叫 什sím物 水？ (Beh kiò sím-mi̍h chúi?) - What beverage do you want to order?, MN | ||
| 4. (archaic) river | ||
| 漢水 - Hànshuǐ - the Han River | ||
| 5. body of water | ||
| 水路 - shuǐlù - waterway | ||
| 三 面 環 水 (sān miàn huán shuǐ) - to be surrounded by (bodies of) water on three sides | ||
| 6. flood | ||
| 發水 - fāshuǐ - to flood | ||
| 7. additional cost or income | ||
| 8. (dialectal) rain | ||
| 9. (Cantonese) money | ||
| 磅水 - bong6 seoi2 - to pay, C | ||
| 掠loek6-1水 - loek6-1 seoi2 - to obtain money dishonestly, C | ||
| 10. (Cantonese) hundred dollars | ||
| 三 嚿 水 - saam1 gau6 seoi2 - three hundred dollars, C | ||
| 11. (Cantonese) source of revenue | ||
| 12. (Cantonese) to fool; to deceive; to misguide | ||
| 13. to swim | ||
| 水性 - shuǐxìng - swimming ability | ||
| 14. (colloquial) lacking substance or power; worthless | ||
| 這裡 的 大學 太 水 了。 (Zhèlǐ de dàxué tài shuǐ le.) - The universities here are too weak. | ||
| 15. Short for 划水, gloss=to shirk; to slack off | ||
| 16. one of the five elements of Wu Xing (五行) | ||
| 17. (colloquial) Classifier for the number of times clothing was washed. | ||
| 18. Sui people | ||
| 水書 - shuǐshū - Shuishu (the traditional writing system of the Sui people) | ||
| 19. Variant of 媠 | ||
| 媠 | ||
| 1. Variant of 嫷 | ||
| 2. Variant of 惰 | ||
| 3. (Min Nan) good-looking; pretty; beautiful | ||
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Pronunciation
xǐ fà shuǐ
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