公廁

See also: 公厕

Chinese

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

公廁

public toilet
(Hong Kong Cantonese, derogatory) town bicycle
係雞係公廁／系鸡系公厕 [Cantonese] ― hai⁶ gai¹ hai⁶ gung¹ ci³ [Jyutping] ― (vulgar) [someone] is a bitch (literally, “[someone] is prostitute, is town bicycle”)
(Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, figuratively) something hackneyed, clichéd or stale; something overused or used by large number of people, such that it has become something frowned upon (clarification of this definition is needed)
公廁名／公厕名 [Cantonese] ― gung¹ ci³ meng^4-2 [Jyutping] ― a clichéd name

公廁書包／公厕书包 [Cantonese] ― gung¹ ci³ syu¹ baau¹ [Jyutping] ― an overused type/brand of schoolbag

Dialectal synonyms of 公共廁所 (“public toilet; public restroom”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		公共廁所, 公共衛生間
Mandarin	Taiwan	公廁, 公共廁所
	Jinan	野茅廁
	Malaysia	公廁
	Singapore	公廁, 公共廁所
Cantonese	Hong Kong	公廁
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	公用便所
Xiang	Changsha	公茅廁

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