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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

公共厕所

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gōnggòng cèsuǒ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Public toilet/ˌpʌb.lɪk ˈtɔɪ.lət/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"请问附近的公共厕所在哪里?"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A room or small building containing one or more toilets and washbasins that is available for use by the general public.

    "She stopped to use the public toilet near the central park."
  2. 2

    A municipal or commercially provided facility offering sanitary conveniences to pedestrians and travelers.

    "The city council plans to build more clean public toilets downtown."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'public' (derived from Latin publicus, meaning of the people) and 'toilet' (from French toilettes, diminutive of toile, meaning cloth or wrapper). Historically evolving from chamber furniture covers to comprehensive sanitary facilities, 'public toilet' designates government- or privately-provided restorative restrooms accessible to the general populace.

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