HSK 4 · Objects

垃圾桶 lājītǒng “rubbish bin” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 垃圾桶 means

  1. rubbish bin
  2. rubbish can
  3. garbage can

How to say 垃圾桶

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale垃lā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale圾jī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale桶tǒng3rd tone, dipping

垃圾桶 in a sentence

  1. 垃圾桶空了。

    Lājītǒng kōng le.

    The bin is empty.

    Sentence #10484073 from Tatoeba

  2. 给丢到垃圾桶里去。

    Gěi diū dào lājītǒng lǐ qù.

    Throw it in the bin.

    Sentence #10569499 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 垃圾桶 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 垃 (lā) with each of its parts in a different colour
垃lāTaiwan pr.
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 立stand · lìSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 立 (lì) hints at the sound. Compare it with lā.

The character 圾 (jī) with each of its parts in a different colour
圾jīTaiwan pr.
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 及to extend · jíSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 及 (jí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jī.

The character 桶 (tǒng) with each of its parts in a different colour
桶tǒngbucket
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 甬path · tǒngSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 甬 (tǒng) hints at the sound. Compare it with tǒng.

How to write 垃圾桶

垃 8 strokes · 圾 6 strokes · 桶 11 strokes

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

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FAQs

垃圾桶 (lājītǒng) means “rubbish bin” or “rubbish can”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it lājītǒng: lā with a 1st tone, then jī with a 1st tone, then tǒng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 垃圾桶 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lajitong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 垃圾桶 from the suggestions. Typing lajitong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
垃圾桶 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.