出恭
Chinese
to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas) |
respectful | ||
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simp. and trad. (出恭) |
出 | 恭 |
Etymology
From an anti-cheating strategy in the Imperial Examination in ancient China, where candidates were required to hold a card written with the word 出恭入敬 (“leaving and entering [the examination site] respectcfully”) when going to toilet during the examination, and were also required to return the card when they were back (see 出, 入, and 恭敬 for detailed meaning of each character).
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 上廁所 (“to go to the toilet”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 如廁, 上廁所, 出恭 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 上廁所 |
Harbin | 上外頭 | |
Singapore | 上廁所 | |
Cantonese | Hong Kong | 去廁所, 去洗手間, 去toilet |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 喊悶 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 去廁所, 去洗手間, 去toilet, 去屎坑 rare, 出恭 rare | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 去廁所 | |
Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 去便所 |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 去便所 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 去便所 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 去便所 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 去便所 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 去便所 | |
Min Nan | Singapore (Hokkien) | 去染蠻 |
Wu | Shanghai | 去世界盃 |
Dialectal synonyms of 拉屎 (“to defecate”) [map]
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