# 如廁
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rúcè
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄘㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu$^4$ ci$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): jû-chhek / jî-chhek
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ru$^5$ cê$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rúcè
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄘㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rúcè
*** Wade–Giles: ju$^2$-tsʻê$^4$
*** Yale: rú-tsè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rutseh
*** Palladius: жуцэ (žucɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐu³⁵ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyu$^4$ ci$^3$
*** Yale: yùh chi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jy$^4$ tsi$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yu$^4$ qi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyː²¹ t͡sʰiː³³/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$魚刺／鱼刺 魚翅／鱼翅
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû-chhek
*** Tâi-lô: jû-tshik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: juzheg
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-chhek
*** Tâi-lô: jî-tshik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jizheg
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ru$^5$ cê$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jû tshè
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡zu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰe²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: nyo tsrhiH
Rime :
| Character | 如 | 廁 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) | 初 (19) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 人諸切 | 初吏切 |
| Baxter | nyo | tsrhiH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵɨʌ/ | /t͡ʃʰɨ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵiɔ/ | /ʈ͡ʂʰɨ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑiɔ/ | /t͡ʃʰie$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵɨə̆/ | /ʈ͡ʂʰɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵiɔ/ | /t͡ʃʰiə$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭo/ | /t͡ʃʰĭə$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯wo/ | /ʈ͡ʂʰi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | rú | chì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyu$^4$ | ci$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*na [tsʰ]rək-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*nja sʰrɯɡs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 如 | 廁 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | rú | cè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nyo › | ‹ tsrhi$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*na/ | /*[tsʰ]rək-s/ |
| English | go to | latrine |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 如 | 廁 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/2 |
| No. | 9623 | 16594 |
| Phonetic component | 女 | 則 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 代 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 如 | 廁 |
| Old Chinese | /*nja/ | /*sʰrɯɡs/ |

### Verb

如廁
* (formal) to use the toilet; to go to the toilet

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 如廁, 上廁所, 出恭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 上廁所 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 上外頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 上廁所 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 去廁所, 去洗手間 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 去廁所, 去洗手間, 去toilet |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 喊悶 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 去廁所, 去洗手間, 去toilet, 去屎坑 rare, 出恭 rare |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 去廁所 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 去廁所 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 去便所 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 去便所 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 去便所 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 去便所 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 去便所 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 去便所 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 去染蠻 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 去世界盃 |