IDENTITY
厕cètoilet
HSK 4Top 1850
CORE MEANING
toilet
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.toiletHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 厂cliff radical (hǎn)
- strokes
- 8
- Structure
- semi-enclosed compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿸厂则
- the side room
- gives the sound cè (historical)
USAGE
Common words
厕所cèsuǒtoilet
Graded examples
公园里有厕所。Gōngyuán lǐ yǒu cèsuǒ.HSK4
There are toilets in the park.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 则
LEARNING
Memory aid
The side room (厂) set apart by rule (则) — the toilet. (From 廁.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #1850
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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