| 卫生间 |
wèi shēng jiān |
bathroom / toilet / WC / CL:间 |
| 卫 |
Wèi |
surname Wei / vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066–221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces |
| 卫 |
wèi |
to guard / to protect / to defend / abbr. for 卫生, hygiene / health / abbr. for 卫生间, toilet |
| 卫生 |
wèi shēng |
hygienic; sanitary / hygiene; sanitation |
| 生 |
shēng |
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽) |
| 间 |
jiān |
between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms |
| 间 |
jiàn |
gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent |