厕 (cè): (bound form) restroom, toilet, lavatory, (literary) to be mingled with, to be involved in, used in 茅廁|茅厕
厕 (cè) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) restroom.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 厂 (semantic) and 则 (phonetic). It ranks #2702 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 厕 building. Its radical form 厂 (cliff) appears in many related characters such as 原 (yuán, former), 厂 (hǎn, "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc), 历 (lì, to experience).
Definitions
- (bound form) restroom
- toilet
- lavatory
- (literary) to be mingled with
- to be involved in
- used in 茅廁|茅厕
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 厕
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 男厕 | nán cè | men's restroom |
| 公厕 | gōng cè | public toilet |
| 女厕 | nǚ cè | women's restroom |
| 茅厕 | máo si | (dialect) latrine |
| 上厕所 | shàng cè suǒ | to go to the bathroom |
| 如厕 | rú cè | to go to the toilet |
| 厕身 | cè shēn | (humble expression) to participate (in sth) |
| 厕具 | cè jù | toilet fittings |
| 厕足 | cè zú | (literary) to participate in |
| 坐厕 | zuò cè | sitting toilet (contrasted with 蹲廁|蹲厕[dun1 ce4] squat toilet) |
| 毛厕 | máo si | variant of 茅廁|茅厕[mao2 si5] |
| 厕纸 | cè zhǐ | toilet paper |
| 坐厕垫 | zuò cè diàn | toilet seat |
| 蹲厕 | dūn cè | squat toilet |
| 旱厕 | hàn cè | pit toilet |
厕 appears in 16 compound words: 31 as the first character, 56 as the last, and 13 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 厕 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了厕字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le cè zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "toilet" in the dictionary.
新竹男借厕所遭拒怒砸早餐店 警放人后竟折回恐吓判3...
xīn zhú nán jiè cè suǒ zāo jù nù zá zǎo cān diàn jǐng fàng rén hòu jìng zhé huí kǒng hè pàn 3 . . .
Hsinchu man was refused to borrow a toilet and angrily smashed a breakfast shop, and after the police released him, he turned back and intimidated him and sentenced him to 3...
北市公厕比你家还好?大改造后有坐式马桶、尿布台和...
běi shì gōng cè bǐ nǐ jiā hái hǎo ? dà gǎi zào hòu yǒu zuò shì mǎ tǒng , niào bù tái hé . . .
Beishi public toilets are better than your home? After the major renovation, there are sitting toilets, changing tables and...
潜入国小偷拍女童如厕判7年2月 恶男二审刑度大减改判2年
qián rù guó xiǎo tōu pāi nǚ tóng rú cè pàn 7 nián 2 yuè è nán èr shěn xíng dù dà jiǎn gǎi pàn 2 nián
Infiltrated the elementary school to secretly photograph the girl going to the toilet and was sentenced to 7 years and 2 years, and the sentence of the evil man was greatly reduced in the second instance and changed to 2 years
屎料未及!美国超级航母福特号厕所频故障 605马桶塞爆士兵崩溃
shǐ liào wèi jí ! měi guó chāo jí háng mǔ fú tè hào cè suǒ pín gù zhàng 6 0 5 mǎ tǒng sāi bào shì bīng bēng kuì
The is not enough! The toilet of the US super aircraft carrier Ford frequently failed, and the 605 toilet plug burst and the soldier collapsed
为什么百货公司一楼没厕?背后原因超心机
wéi shén má bǎi huò gōng sī yī lóu méi cè ? bèi hòu yuán yīn chāo xīn jī
Why is there no toilet on the first floor of a department store? The reason behind it is super scheming
对不起，附近有厕所吗？
Duìbuqǐ, fùjìn yǒu cèsuǒ ma?
Can you tell me where the restrooms are?
我们刚打扫了厕所。
Wǒmen gāng dǎsǎo le cèsuǒ.
We just now cleaned the toilet.
他喜欢在厕所里吸烟。
Tā xǐhuan zài cèsuǒ lǐ xīyān.
He likes smoking in the toilet.
汤姆在需要上厕所的时候会梦见厕所。
Tāngmǔ zài xūyào shàng cèsuǒ de shíhou huì mèngjiàn cèsuǒ.
Tom dreams of the toilet when he has to go to the bathroom.
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