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洗手液

洗手液

Chinese

		to wash one's hands	liquid; fluid
simp. and trad. (洗手液)		洗手	液

Noun

洗手液

liquid hand wash; hand sanitiser, hand sanitizer

Etymology

From 洗手 (xǐshǒu, “to wash hands”) + 液 (yè, “liquid”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xǐshǒuyè, xǐshǒuyì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄧㄝˋ, ㄒㄧˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: xǐshǒuyè
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄧㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiishoouyeh
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: xǐshǒuyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiishoouyih
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i⁵¹/