马桶 mǎtǒng chamber pot
chamber pot; wooden pan used as toilet; toilet bowl
How to remember 马桶: 马 horse (Kangxi radical 187) + 桶 bucket = chamber pot.
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How it is used
- A toilet (bowl) - 冲马桶 (chōng mǎtǒng) to flush the toilet, 马桶堵了 (mǎtǒng dǔ le) the toilet is clogged.
- The everyday word for the toilet fixture; 坐便器 is the formal term.
- Register: colloquial, household.