sai2 baak6 baak6洗白白

Jyutpingsai2 baak6 baak6

Yalesái baahk baahk

動詞

Definition

To take a bath or shower, used when speaking to babies or young children.

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How it's used

This is a cutesy, reduplicated expression used almost exclusively by parents or caregivers when speaking to infants or young children. It frames the act of bathing as a gentle, playful activity rather than a chore. Using it with adults, unless you are being intentionally ironic or extremely intimate, will sound bizarre or overly infantilizing.

Examples

gwaai1乖laa1啦，faai3快di1啲heoi3去sai2洗baak6白baak6白fan3瞓gaau3覺laa3喇。

Be good, go take a bath quickly and go to sleep.

nei5你gam1今jat6日sai2洗zo2咗baak6白baak6白mei6未aa4呀？

Have you taken a bath today?

Common phrases

heoi3去sai2洗baak6白baak6白

go take a bath

Common mistake

Do not confuse this with the slang term 洗白, which refers to laundering money or rehabilitating one's public image. The repetition of 白 is strictly for the child-directed version meaning to bathe.