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廁所

廁所

See also: 厕所

Chinese

		rest-room; toilet; lavatory	actually; place; (nominalisation prefix)
trad. (廁所)		廁	所
simp. (厕所)		厕	所

Noun

廁所

toilet; bathroom; lavatory; WC

廁所在哪兒？ / 厕所在哪儿？ ― Cèsuǒ zài nǎr? ― Where is the toilet?

廁所裡有人。 / 厕所里有人。 ― Cèsuǒ lǐ yǒurén. ― There's someone in the bathroom.

Derived terms

上廁所／上厕所 (shàng cèsuǒ)
公共廁所／公共厕所 (gōnggòng cèsuǒ)

廁所間／厕所间
蹲式廁所／蹲式厕所 (dūnshì cèsuǒ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): cèsuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄜˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ so²
Min Nan

(Hokkien, POJ): chheh-só͘ / chhè-só͘ / chhek-só͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): cê³ so²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: cèsuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄜˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsehsuoo
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɤ⁵¹ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: cèsuǒr
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄜˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsehsuool
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɤ⁵¹ swɔɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci³ so²
  - Yale: chi só
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ so²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ sɔː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheh-só͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsheh-sóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhehsor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sɔ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhè-só͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshè-sóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zheasor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, dated in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek-só͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshik-sóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zheksor
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ sɔ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cê³ so²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshè só
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰe²¹³⁻⁵⁵ so⁵²⁻²¹/