Chinese Word of the Day

洗澡垫
xǐ zǎo diàn

bathmat

Definitions

Components
洗澡	xǐzǎo
1. v. to take a shower or bath; to wash oneself; to bathe
我先洗個澡。 - I'm just gonna take a shower.
洗澡水太燙了。 - The bathwater is too hot.
2. v. (dialectal) to swim
3. usage. Note that in casual conversation Chinese speakers do not usually distinguish between taking a shower and taking a bath as is customary in English; 浸浴.
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
澡	zǎo
1. to bathe; to wash
垫
1. Simplified form of 墊
墊	diàn
1. pad; cushion; mat
2. to put something under something else to raise or balance it
用嚟墊zin3 煲底 - to use as a mat for a pot -
3. to fill up something; to insert something
4. (Min Nan) to sow
5. to pay something in advance; to pay for somebody
6. Only used in 墊江
Click here for character analysis