洗手间 — meaning in English

English meaning

• bathroom noun A room containing a bath or shower, usually also with a toilet and sink.
• WC noun A toilet, or the small room containing one; the standard sign for public lavatories across much of Europe.

Senses

洗手间 is used for these senses in English:

• WC (UK, Irish, Commonwealth) Initialism of water closet: a lavatory; a toilet.
• bathroom (chiefly, US, South Africa, Canada, Philippines, Australia, euphemism) A lavatory (area where one washes or bathes): a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.

bathroom — full definition

1. noun A room containing a bath or shower, usually also with a toilet and sink.
2. noun A polite term for a toilet, whether or not it also contains a bath.

WC — full definition

1. noun A toilet, or the small room containing one; the standard sign for public lavatories across much of Europe.
2. abbreviation Who cares; used dismissively in chat, though far less common than the lavatory sense.

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