洗手间 xǐshǒujiān

HSK level

Traditional form

洗手間

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

洗 xǐ

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 shuǐ represents the meaning and 先 xiān represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

先 xiān

Semantic compound

氵 shuǐ

Positional decomposition

⿰氵先

Number of Strokes

手 shǒu

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a hand with five fingers.

Positional decomposition

？

Number of Strokes

间 jiān

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of 間 jiān . Depicts sunlight (日 Rì ) shining through the gap in a door (門 mén ).

Positional decomposition

⿵门日

Number of Strokes

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洗手间 xǐshǒujiān 在 zài 走廊 zǒuláng 尽头 jìn tóu 右 yòu 转 zhuǎn 的 de 地方 dìfāng .

The restroom is at the end of the hallway to the right.

抱歉 bàoqiàn 我要去 qù 趟 tāng 洗手间 xǐshǒujiān 。

I'm afraid I have to answer a call of nature.

他 tā 走进 zǒu jìn 洗手间 xǐshǒujiān 去 qù 洗漱 xǐ shù 。

He headed to the bathroom to wash up.

有 yǒu 谁 shuí 知道 zhīdào 洗手间 xǐshǒujiān 在 zài 哪里 nǎ lǐ 吗 mǎ ？

Does anybody know the way to the bathroom?

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 洗手间 xǐshǒujiān and their own compounds.

洗 xǐ

先 xiān

儿 ér , 牛 Niú

氵 shuǐ

手间

间 jiān

门 Mén , 日 Rì

See all 54 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 洗手间 xǐshǒujiān in their composition.

洗 xǐ

手间

拿 ná

镎 ná , 嗱, 鎿

摩 mó

嚤, 擵

掌 zhǎng

撑 chēng , 罉 chēng , 幥, 礃, 鐣

拳 quán

攀 pān

襻 pàn , 鑻

挐 ná

攣 luán

擎 qíng , 挚 Zhì , 挛 luán , 掰 bāi , 掣 chè , 摹 mó , 挲 sā , 挈 qiè , 擘 bāi , 摯 zhì , 挙 jǔ , 掔 qiān , 掱 pá , 揅 yán , 揫 jiū , 摮 aó , 摰 niè , 撃 jī , 撆 piē , 擥 lǎn , 杽 chǒu , 劧, 抙, 拏, 揧, 揱, 搫, 搻, 撀, 撉, 擊 jī , 擧, 擪, 藆