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洗衣房xĭ yī fáng

laundry
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
洗衣房 | xǐyīfáng | |
1. n. laundry (place or room where laundering is done) | ||
English > Chinese | ||
laundry | ||
1. 洗衣处 | ||
2. 洗衣店 | ||
3. 洗衣室 | ||
4. 洗衣 | ||
5. 洗涤物 | ||
Components | ||
洗 | shǐ | |
1. cause, send on a mission, order | ||
2. envoy, messenger, ambassador | ||
3. to order to do | ||
4. to send; to dispatch | ||
5. to let; to make; to cause to | ||
6. to use; to employ | ||
7. to play; to play with; to resort to; to dally with | ||
8. to indulge | ||
9. (Cantonese) need to do something; have to | ||
你 唔使 攞lo2 咁 多! - You don't need to get so much! | ||
10. (Cantonese) need something; require; want strongly | ||
11. (historical) to send as an envoy abroad | ||
12. envoy; messenger | ||
衣 | yī | |
1. (upper) garment; clothes; clothing | ||
衣服 - clothes | ||
內衣 - underwear | ||
睡衣 - night clothes; pajamas | ||
2. coating; covering; skin | ||
糖衣 - sugar coating | ||
槍衣 - gun cover | ||
3. membrane; film | ||
4. (literary or Min) afterbirth; placenta | ||
衣錦還huán鄉 - to return home in glory | ||
房 | fáng | |
1. house | ||
2. room | ||
3. house-like structure | ||
4. branch of a family | ||
5. wife; concubine | ||
6. sexual activity | ||
7. (astronomy) the Room (a Chinese constellation, 4th of the Twenty-Eight Mansions and part of the Azure Dragon) | ||
8. Fang | ||
9. Only used in 阿房宮 ((Epang Palace)) | ||
10. Only used in 房皇 (wavering; pacing up and down,) (zh-alt-form, 彷徨) | ||
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Pronunciation
xĭ yī fáng
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