HSK 4 · Places

厕所 cèsuǒ “toilet” in Chinese

Traditional 廁所

What 厕所 means

  1. toilet
  2. lavatory

Measure word 间 jiān or 处 chù · 一间厕所 yì jiān cèsuǒ

How to say 厕所

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale厕cè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale所suǒ3rd tone, dipping

厕所 in a sentence

  1. 对不起，附近有厕所吗？

    Duìbuqǐ, fùjìn yǒu cèsuǒ ma?

    Excuse me, is there a toilet nearby?

    Sentence #759380 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我要上厕所。

    Wǒ yào shàng cèsuǒ.

    I need to go to the toilet.

    Sentence #3626651 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 离开厕所前应该洗手。

    Líkāi cèsuǒ qián yīnggāi xǐshǒu.

    You should wash your hands before you leave the toilet.

    Sentence #454292 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 厕所 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 厕 (cè) with each of its parts in a different colour
厕cèrestroom; toilet; lavatory
  • 厂cliff · hǎnMeaning part
  • 则rule · zéSound part

厂 hints at the meaning (cliff); 则 (zé) hints at the sound. Compare it with cè.

The character 所 (suǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
所suǒactually
  • 户door · hù
  • 斤axe · jīn

How to write 厕所

厕 8 strokes · 所 8 strokes

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厕所 (cèsuǒ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 厕所 (cèsuǒ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 厕所

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FAQs

厕所 (cèsuǒ) means “toilet” or “lavatory”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it cèsuǒ: cè with a 4th tone, then suǒ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 厕所 is written 廁所. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 间 (jiān) or 处 (chù). For example, one toilet is 一间厕所 (yì jiān cèsuǒ).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type cesuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 厕所 from the suggestions. Typing cesuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
厕所 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.