The Chinese word for toilet paper is
卫生纸
wèi shēng zhǐChinese Definition
toilet paper | |
1. 名词. 厕所纸,大便纸,手纸 | |
Components | |
卫 | |
1. Simplified form of 衛 | |
生 | |
1. to live; to subsist; to exist | |
2. to grow; to develop; to bud | |
3. (causative) to bear; to give birth; to bring up; to rear | |
他 妻子 生 了 一 對 雙胞胎 女孩。 (Tā qīzǐ shēng le yī duì shuāngbāotāi nǚhái.) - His wife gave birth to twin girls. | |
4. to be born; to come into existence | |
他 生 在 中國。 (Tā shēng zài zhōngguó.) - He was born in China. | |
5. pupil; disciple; student | |
你 作為 全日制 生 必須 定期 上課。 (Nǐ zuòwèi quánrìzhì shēng bìxū dìngqī shàngkè.) - As a full-time student, you should attend classes on a regular basis. | |
6. (historical) scholar; Confucian scholar | |
7. (opera) actor or male character | |
8. Short for 先生, gentleman | |
9. (Cantonese, honorific, suffix) Short for 先生, Mr. | |
10. 陳 生 - Mr. Chan | |
11. having life; live | |
Synonyms: 活 | |
規矩 係 死 嘅,人 係 生 嘅。 - Rules are lifeless; humans are not. | |
條 魚jyu4-2 啱啱 喺 條 河 度 釣 上soeng5 嚟,仲 係 生saang1 嘅。 - The fish was just caught with a hook and line from the river. It is still alive. | |
12. life; existence; being; living | |
殺生 (shāshēng) - to destroy a life | |
13. fresh; not stale | |
14. unripe | |
15. raw; uncooked | |
Antonyms: 熟 | |
生 洋蔥 (shēng yángcōng) - raw onions | |
我 覺gok3得 呢ni1 塊 肉 仲係 太 生。 - I think this piece of meat is too raw. | |
16. (historical ethnography) uncultured; uncultivated; wild; uncivilized; savage | |
生 ^黎 (shēng Lí) - wild Li | |
17. strange; unfamiliar | |
生人 (shēngrén) - stranger | |
18. mechanically; forcedly | |
19. very; quite; extremely | |
生怕 (shēngpà) - to fear; to be afraid of | |
20. vivid; strong; forceful | |
21. innate; natural; born with | |
22. living things; organism | |
23. livelihood; subsistence | |
謀生 (móushēng) - to make a living | |
24. lifetime; all one's life | |
來生 (láishēng) - afterlife | |
25. birthday; anniversary | |
慶生 (qìngshēng) - to celebrate one's birthday | |
26. to bring back to life; to revive; to rescue | |
27. to generate; to breed; to create | |
28. to manufacture; to produce | |
29. to happen; to occur; to take place | |
30. to catch (a disease) | |
我 生 了 什麼 病? (Wǒ shēng le shénme bìng?) - What disease have I got? | |
生seⁿ蛇 (seⁿ-chôa) - to have shingles, MN | |
31. to be infested by a parasite | |
生 跳蚤 (shēng tiàozǎo) - to be infested with fleas | |
生 蝨乸 - to be infested with lice | |
32. (Buddhism) to go into society; to be reincarnated | |
33. (dialectal) to set up; to put in; to settle | |
34. to light; to ignite (a fire) | |
母親 沒 有 生 爐子zi。 (Mǔqīn méi yǒu shēng lúzi.) - Mother did not light the stove. | |
35. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note high do (1̇). | |
Synonyms: 仩 | |
36. (Hong Kong, honorific, suffix) -san, when referring to a Japanese person | |
纸 | |
1. Simplified form of 紙 |
Translations for 纸 and their definitions
衛生紙 | |
1. n. toilet paper | |
2. n. (Philippines Hokkien) sanitary napkin; menstrual pad |
卫生纸 | |
1. Simplified form of 衛生紙 |
手紙 | |
1. n. toilet paper | |
我 在 宿舍 裡 翻箱倒櫃 地de 找 手紙。^最後 還是 不得不 跑 到 隔壁 宿舍 去 了。 - I looked all over the dormitory for some toilet paper. In the end, I was forced to go to the dormitory next door. |
手纸 | |
1. Simplified form of 手紙 |
廁紙 | |
1. n. toilet paper |
厕纸 | |
1. Simplified form of 廁紙 |
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