水洗都唔清
Chinese
| water; river | to wash; to bathe | metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already |
hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not | clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure | ||
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| trad. (水洗都唔清) | 水 | 洗 | 都 | 唔 | 清 | |
| simp. #(水洗都唔清) | 水 | 洗 | 都 | 唔 | 清 | |
| Literally: “cannot wash oneself clean even with water”. | ||||||
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seoi2 sai2 dou1 m4 cing1
- Yale: séui sái dōu m̀h chīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: soey2 sai2 dou1 m4 tsing1
- Guangdong Romanization: sêu2 sei2 dou1 m4 qing1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵy̯³⁵ sɐi̯³⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ m̩²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
水洗都唔清
- (Cantonese) to have a wrongful accusation that is unable to be got rid of
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 跳進黃河洗不清 (“to have a wrongful accusation that is unable to be got rid of”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 跳進黃河洗不清, 跳到黃河洗不清, 跳入黃河洗不清, 跳在黃河洗不清 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 水洗都唔淨, 水洗都唔清 |
| Hong Kong | 水洗都唔清 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 跳落黃河洗唔清 |
| Xingning | 跳落黃河洗唔清 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 三條坑水洗唔淨 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 三條坑水洗唔淨 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 三條坑水洗唔淨 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 三條坑水洗唔淨 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 三條坑水洗唔淨 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 三條坑水洗唔會淨 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 跳進黃浦汏勿清 |