HSK 3 · Verbs

洗澡 xǐzǎo “bathe” in Chinese

Said as xízǎo

Same in Traditional

What 洗澡 means

  1. bathe
  2. take bath or shower
  3. to take a shower

How to say 洗澡

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale洗xǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale澡zǎo3rd tone, dipping

Said as xízǎo. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

洗澡 in a sentence

  1. 一般我在晚上洗澡。

    Yìbān wǒ zài wǎnshang xǐzǎo.

    I usually have a shower at night.

    Sentence #6014674 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她每天早上都洗澡。

    Tā měitiān zǎoshang dōu xǐzǎo.

    She has a shower every morning.

    Sentence #465869 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我可不可以早上洗澡？

    Wǒ kě bu kěyǐ zǎoshang xǐzǎo?

    Can I have a shower in the morning?

    Sentence #676548 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 洗澡 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 洗 (xǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
洗xǐto wash; to bathe
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 先first · xiānSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 先 (xiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with xǐ.

The character 澡 (zǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
澡zǎobath
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 喿the sound of birds chirping · sàoSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 喿 (sào) hints at the sound. Compare it with zǎo.

How to write 洗澡

洗 9 strokes · 澡 16 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

洗澡 (xǐzǎo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 洗澡 (xǐzǎo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 洗澡

Words with 洗

洗xǐ · to wash洗手间xǐshǒujiān · toilet洗衣机xǐyījī · washing machine

More words: Common Verbs

试shì · to try刷牙shuāyá · brush one’s teeth提高tígāo · to raise忘记wàngjì · forget用yòng · to use遇到yùdào · to meet站zhàn · stand照顾zhàogu · take care of

FAQs

洗澡 (xǐzǎo) means “bathe” or “take bath or shower”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it xǐzǎo: xǐ with a 3rd tone, then zǎo with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like xízǎo. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 洗澡 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xizao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 洗澡 from the suggestions. Typing xizao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
洗澡 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.