垃圾桶

垃圾桶 lājītǒng

Trashcan (rubbish bin)

垃圾桶 in a sentence HSK 4 lajitong

What 垃圾桶 means

  1. Trashcan (rubbish bin)

These meanings come from the same dictionary that powers the Chinese to Pinyin translator and the Chinese to English translator, so a whole sentence containing 垃圾桶 will read it the same way this page does.

Character by character

垃圾桶 is written with 3 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

Trash (garbage)
Trash (garbage)
tǒng
Bucket (pail - barrel)

How to write 垃圾桶

Stroke order is not decoration — it is what makes handwriting legible and what dictionary lookup by stroke count depends on.

Practise 垃圾桶 on printable 田字格 sheets, trace it in the writing practice tool, or watch any other character in the Stroke Order Animator.

垃圾桶 in a sentence

请把纸扔进垃圾桶。
Qǐng bǎ zhǐ rēng jìn lājītǒng.
Please throw the paper into the bin.
垃圾桶就在门口。
Lājītǒng jiù zài ménkǒu.
The bin is right by the door.

Every sentence on this site that uses 垃圾桶 is collected on the 垃圾桶 sentence page. Want pinyin above a sentence of your own? Paste it into the Pinyin Annotator.

Questions about 垃圾桶

What does 垃圾桶 mean in English?

垃圾桶 is pronounced lājītǒng and means Trashcan (rubbish bin).

How do you pronounce 垃圾桶?

垃圾桶 is lājītǒng in pinyin — written lajitong without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 垃圾桶?

垃圾桶 is written with 3 characters: 垃 (lā) Trash (garbage), 圾 (jí) Trash (garbage), 桶 (tǒng) Bucket (pail - barrel). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

Is 垃圾桶 an HSK word?

Yes — 垃圾桶 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.

Studied around the same time

Keep going

Translate a whole sentence containing 垃圾桶 with the Chinese to Pinyin translator, study it alongside the rest of HSK 4, drill it with HSK flashcards, or save it above and review it on your review deck.

Browse the dictionary

Every word on this site links to its entry — tap any word in a graded reader, a translation result or an HSK list to land on a page like this one.

Dictionary index