gon1 sai2 dim3乾洗店干洗店

Jyutpinggon1 sai2 dim3

Yalegōn sái dim

Definition

Dry cleaner's; a shop that provides dry cleaning and laundry services.

colloquialdaily actionsshopping

How it's used

Most people in Hong Kong simply refer to these shops as 乾洗店, but you will often see them advertised as 洗衣店, which covers both dry cleaning and standard water-based laundry services. It is common to drop the store suffix and just say 拎去乾洗 when talking about the action of taking clothes there. Many of these shops are small, family-run businesses located in residential arcades.

Measure word

gaan1間gān

Examples

le1呢gin2件saam1衫jiu3要ling1拎heoi3去gon1乾sai2洗dim3店sai2洗。

This shirt needs to be taken to the dry cleaner.

nei5你zi1知m4唔zi1知fu6附gan6近bin1邊dou6度jau5有gon1乾sai2洗dim3店aa4呀？

Do you know where there is a dry cleaner nearby?

Common phrases

ling1拎heoi3去gon1乾sai2洗

take to be dry cleaned

wan2搵gon1乾sai2洗dim3店

look for a dry cleaner

Common mistake

Do not confuse this with a laundromat, which is a self-service shop called 自助洗衣店. If you just say 洗衣店, it usually implies a full-service shop where you drop off your clothes and pick them up later, rather than doing it yourself.