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洗手间

xǐ shǒu jiān

Written xǐ shǒu jiān, said xí shǒu jiān — a third tone before another third tone is said as a second.

HSK 1 · word 384 of 3,000

Meaning

• toilet
• lavatory
• washroom

Example sentence

Characters in 洗手间

• 洗 xǐ to wash; to bathe
• 手 shǒu hand
• 间 jiān between

洗手 to wash hands plus 间, a room. A polite name built the same way as English washroom.

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