The Chinese word for washbasin is
洗手池
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Chinese Definition
washbasin | |
1. 脸盆 | |
Components | |
洗 | |
1. (Cantonese) (alt form, yue, 使, t=to need) | |
2. Variant of 㭠 | |
3. Variant of 洒 | |
手 | |
1. hand | |
2. expert; master | |
高手 - master | |
3. -ist; -er | |
歌手 - singer | |
4. convenient; handy; portable | |
手機 - mobile phone | |
手冊 - handbook | |
5. handwritten | |
6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling | |
7. (Mainland China Hokkien) | |
8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general) | |
9. (finance) | |
10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively. | |
池 | |
1. pool; pond | |
2. moat | |
3. cistern | |
4. (computing) pool | |
5. Only used in 虖池 (Hutuo River) |
Translations for 池 and their definitions
臉盆 | |
1. n. washbowl; washbasin |
脸盆 | |
1. Simplified form of 臉盆 |
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