TOILET  廁所

ROOM or BUILDING USED FOR DEFECATION.
WASHROOMTOILETLADIES'/MEN'S ROOMRESTROOMLAVATORYPOWDER ROOMCOMFORT STATIONURINALINFORMAL FACILITIESLITTLE GIRLS'/BOYS' ROOMCANJOHNBRIT. WATER CLOSETBRIT INFORMAL WCLOOLADIES'/GENTS'MILITARY LATRINENAUTICAL HEADDATED COMMODEPRIVYOUTHOUSE
Hypernym
  • BUILDINGBIG ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR HUMANS OR ANIMALS to DWELL in OR BE-IN, or MOVE ON.
    • ARTEFACTTHING PRODUCED by MAN.
      • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for a toilet is cè 廁.

2. Bìng 庰 refers to the toilet as being blocked off.

3. Yǎn 偃 refers to the toilet as hiding what is going on inside.

4. Hùn 溷／圂 refers to the toilet as a dirty place.

5. Xuān 軒 refers to the toilet as being comparable in shape to a xuān 軒 carriage which hides those who ride on it.

Modern Chinese Criteria
廁所

衛生間

洗手間

廁所間

馬桶間

廁

便所

茅坑

茅廁

茅房

溷廁

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

  • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 323ff

  • Histoire des moeurs ( POIRIER 1991) p. 1.601

  • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 50

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 123A

    ABTRITT (LATRINE)

  • Thesaurus proverbiorum medii aevi ( SINGER 2002) p. 1,19

    ABTRITT

Words

廁  cè OC: skhrɯɡs MC: ʈʂhɨ 5 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • ntoilet
廁  cè OC: skhrɯɡs MC: ʈʂhɨ 2 Attributions

The current general word for a toilet is cè 廁.

    Syntactic words
  • nthe general term for the small building housing the toilet, and this building being on the side of the main building. Hence the euphemistic name "side-building"
採清  cǎi qīng MC: tshojX tshjeng OC: tshɯɯʔ tsheŋLZ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NP= shi3qing1 屎圊: latrinesLZ
匽  yǎn OC: qanʔ MC: ʔi̯ɐn
偃  yǎn OC: qanʔ MC: ʔi̯ɐn 0 Attributions

Yǎn 偃 refers to the toilet as hiding what is going on inside.

    Syntactic words
  • nZHUANG: toilet; Zheng Xuan: a roadside latrine
圂  hùn OC: ɢuuns MC: ɦuo̝n
溷  hùn OC: ɢuuns MC: ɦuo̝n 0 Attributions

Hùn 溷／圂 refers to the toilet as a dirty place.

    Syntactic words
  • nenclosure for pigs above which there is a toilet (the name deriving from this being an unclean stinking place)
圊  qīng OC: tsheŋ MC: tshiɛŋ
清  qīng OC: tsheŋ MC: tshiɛŋ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nSHIMING: euphemistic term for an enclosure for pigs above which there is a toilet (the name deriving from this being an unclean stinking place)
庰  bìng OC: beŋs MC: biɛŋ
庰屏  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 Attributions

Bìng 庰 refers to the toilet as being blocked off.

    Syntactic words
  • nenclosure for pigs above which there is a toilet (the name deriving from this being closed off)
軒  xuān OC: qhan MC: hi̯ɐn 0 Attributions

Xuān 軒 refers to the toilet as being comparable in shape to a xuān 軒 carriage which hides those who ride on it.

    Syntactic words
  • nSHIMING: enclosure with high walls with pigs inside, above which there is a toilet
東  dōng OC: tooŋ MC: tuŋ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nQing dynasty: toilet

Existing SW for

Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: