洗衣 meaning in English

xǐyī

laundry

15 strokes

Meaning of 洗衣

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xǐyī
  1. laundry

洗衣 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

洗xǐ衣yī服fú是shì我wǒ的de工gōng作zuò。
Washing clothes is my work.
我wǒ妈mā妈mā每měi天tiān洗xǐ衣yī服fú。
My mother washes clothes every day.
妈mā妈mā下xià午wǔ要yào洗xǐ衣yī服fú。
Mummy has to do the washing this afternoon.
我wǒ们men得de洗xǐ衣yī服fú。
We have to wash the clothes.
我wǒ在zài修xiū洗xǐ衣yī机jī。
I'm fixing the washing machine.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

洗 xǐ · to wash · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

衣 yī · cloth · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 洗衣.

衣服yīfuclothes
洗手间xǐshǒujiāntoilet; lavatory
洗澡xǐzǎoto bathe; to take a shower
大衣dàyīovercoat; topcoat
洗衣机xǐyījīwashing machine; washer
上衣shàngyījacket; upper outer garment
衬衣chènyīshirt
衣架yījiàclothes hanger; clothes rack
毛衣máoyī(wool) sweater
内衣nèiyīundergarment; underwear
清洗qīngxǐto wash; to rinse; to clean; (fig.) to purge; to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc)
外衣wàiyīouter clothing; semblance

Questions about 洗衣

What does 洗衣 mean?

洗衣 (xǐyī) means "laundry".

How do you write 洗衣?

洗衣 is made of 2 characters: 洗 (9 strokes), 衣 (6 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.