卫生间

卫生间 wèishēngjiān

Bathroom (restroom - toilet - water closet)

卫生间 in a sentence HSK 4 繁體 衛生間 weishengjian

What 卫生间 means

  1. Bathroom (restroom - toilet - water closet)

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

卫
wèi
Protect (guard - defend)
生
shēng
Life (give birth - be born - grow)
间
jiān
Between (within - mw for rooms)

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卫生间 in a sentence

卫生间在楼下。
Wèishēngjiān zài lóu xià.
The bathroom is downstairs.
请问卫生间怎么走?
Qǐngwèn wèishēngjiān zěnme zǒu?
Excuse me, how do I get to the toilet?

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Questions about 卫生间

What does 卫生间 mean in English?

卫生间 is pronounced wèishēngjiān and means Bathroom (restroom - toilet - water closet).

How do you pronounce 卫生间?

卫生间 is wèishēngjiān in pinyin — written weishengjian without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 卫生间?

卫生间 is written with 3 characters: 卫 (wèi) Protect (guard - defend), 生 (shēng) Life (give birth - be born - grow), 间 (jiān) Between (within - mw for rooms). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 卫生间 written in traditional Chinese?

衛生間. The simplified form 卫生间 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 衛生間 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced wèishēngjiān.

Is 卫生间 an HSK word?

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

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