Chinese Word of the Day

马桶
mǎtǒng

toilet

Definitions

Chinese > English
马桶
1. Simplified form of 馬桶
馬桶	mǎtǒng
1. n. sitting toilet
2. n. toilet bowl
3. n. nightstool; closestool; commode
4. n. chamber pot
English > Chinese
toilet
1. 梳妆；盥洗室；浴室；厕所
Components
马
1. Simplified form of 馬
馬	mǎ
1. horse
2. horse-shaped
3. (chess) knight
4. (Chinese chess) knight; horse (on the black side)
5. (Cantonese) horse race
6. Original form of 碼 (chip for counting)
7. big (prefix for nouns)
馬勺 - ladle (big spoon)
8. (Southwestern Mandarin, including, Sichuan) to bully
9. (Sichuan) to keep a straight face
10. Prefix for names of insects, also written as 螞.
11. Short for 馬祖 (Matsu)
12. Short for 馬來西亞 (Malaysia)
13. (Mainland) Short for 馬克思 (Marx)
馬 ^步-芳 (Mǎ Bùfāng) - Ma Bufang (Chinese warlord and member of Ma clique)
馬 ^英-九 (Mǎ Yīngjiǔ) - Ma Ying-jeou (President of the Republic of China (Taiwan), 2008-2016)
桶	tǒng
1. pail; bucket; tub
2. cask; keg
3. barrel (unit)
4. (Philippines Hokkien) million
一桶 (chi̍t-tháng) - one million, MN-PH