basin in Chinese

A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.

(obsolete) A shallow bowl used for a single serving of a drink or liquidy food.

(geography) An area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin.

(geography) A shallow depression in a rock formation, such as an area of down-folded rock that has accumulated a thick layer of sediments, or an area scooped out by water erosion.