漱 shù to gargle
to gargle; to rinse; to wash
怎么记住“漱”: 氵 water + 欶 to suck in = to gargle. Before the concert the tenor sips warm water, seems to suck in half the glass, and starts to gargle loudly backstage.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
漱 = 氵 water + 欶 to suck in
- 氵 water meaning
- 欶 to suck in sound
Before the concert the tenor sips warm water, seems to suck in half the glass, and starts to gargle loudly backstage.
How it came to be
Water gives the meaning and the right part gives the sound: to rinse the mouth.
用法
- To rinse the mouth / gargle: 漱口 (shùkǒu) to rinse one's mouth, 漱口水 mouthwash.
- 洗漱 (xǐshù) = the morning/evening routine of washing face and brushing/rinsing.
- Bound morpheme; nearly always 漱口 or 洗漱.
- Note the reading shù, sometimes misread as sù.