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Chinese symbol for “baptized”

受洗
shòu xǐ
to receive baptism; baptized

The closest CC-CEDICT match for baptized is 受洗 (shòu xǐ), defined as: to receive baptism; baptized.

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Characters and stroke order

受 shòu
to receive, to get, to accept; to bear
radical 29 ⼜ · 8 strokes
洗 xǐ
to bathe, to rinse, to wash
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 受洗.

WordPinyinMeaning
接受jiē shòuto accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
受到shòu dàoto receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
感受gǎn shòuto sense; perception
享受xiǎng shòuto enjoy; to live it up
受伤 (受傷)shòu shāngto sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc)
受害者shòu hài zhěcasualty; victim
清洗qīng xǐto wash; to rinse; to clean; (fig.) to purge; to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc)
洗澡xǐ zǎoto bathe; to take a shower

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.