公廁

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See also: 公厕

Chinese

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just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 
rest-room; toilet; lavatory
trad. (公廁)
simp. (公厕)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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公廁

  1. public toilet (Classifier: m;  m;  m c;  c)
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, derogatory) town bicycle
    公廁公厕 [Cantonese]  ―  hai6 gai1 hai6 gung1 ci3 [Jyutping]  ―  (vulgar) [someone] is a bitch (literally, “[someone] is prostitute, is town bicycle”)

Synonyms

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  • (public toilet):

Descendants

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  • Zhuang: gunghcwz

Adjective

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公廁

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, figuratively) hackneyed, clichéd or stale; overused or used by large number of people to the extent of becoming frowned upon (clarification of this definition is needed)
    公廁公厕 [Cantonese]  ―  gung1 ci3 meng4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  a clichéd name
    公廁書包公厕书包 [Cantonese]  ―  gung1 ci3 syu1 baau1 [Jyutping]  ―  an overused type/brand of schoolbag