洗澡
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 3
洗澡 (xǐzǎo) · to take a bath
洗澡 (xǐzǎo) means “to take a bath; to shower”. It is written with 2 characters: 洗 (to wash) + 澡 (to wash). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 洗澡 is built
The characters
洗 xǐ · to wash
What 洗 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 先xiān — first
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 儿ér — child
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
Origin hint: 氵 gives the meaning, 先 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
澡 zǎo · to wash
What 澡 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 喿zào — the sound of birds chirping
- 品pǐn — article
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 品pǐn — article
Origin hint: 氵 gives the meaning, 喿 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我每天晚上洗澡。Wǒ měi tiān wǎnshang xǐzǎo.I take a shower every evening.
你洗澡了吗？Nǐ xǐzǎo le ma?Have you had a bath?
Questions about 洗澡
What does 洗澡 mean?
洗澡 (xǐzǎo) means “to take a bath; to shower”.
How do you pronounce 洗澡?
洗澡 is pronounced xǐzǎo.
Which HSK level is 洗澡?
洗澡 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
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Learn 洗澡 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 42: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.