# 便所
## Chinese
### Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 便(べん)所(じょ) (benjo).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): biànsuǒ
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bin$^6$ so$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): phien-só / pén-chiò
    (Hailu, HRS): pien$^˖$ so$^ˊ$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piān-só͘ / piān-sé
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: biànsuǒ
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: biànsuǒ
*** Wade–Giles: pien$^4$-so$^3$
*** Yale: byàn-swǒ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannsuoo
*** Palladius: бяньсо (bjanʹso)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bin$^6$ so$^2$
*** Yale: bihn só
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bin$^6$ so$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bin$^6$ so$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /piːn²² sɔː³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phien-só / pén-chiò
*** Hakka Romanization System: pien so$^ˋ$ / ben$^ˋ$ jio$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pian$^4$ so$^3$ / ben$^3$ jio$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯en⁵⁵ so³¹/, /pen³¹ t͡si̯o¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: pien$^˖$ so$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰien³³ so²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Taichung, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piān-só͘
*** Tâi-lô: piān-sóo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: piexnsor
*** IPA (Taipei): /piɛn³³⁻¹¹ sɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn³³⁻²¹ sɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /piɛn²²⁻¹² sɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁴¹⁻²² sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ sɔ⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piān-sé
*** Tâi-lô: piān-sé
*** Phofsit Daibuun: piexnsea
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²²⁻²¹ se⁵³/

### Noun

便所
* (chiefly Northeastern Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) bathroom; restroom; lavatory; toilet
    上便所 ― shàng biànsuǒ ― to go to bathroom.
       Piān-só͘ tī tah-ūi? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       where's the toilet?

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 廁, 圊 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 廁所, 洗手間, 衛生間, 盥洗室, 化妝室, 化妝間 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 廁所, 茅房, 茅廁, 東廁, 東司兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 廁所, 洗手間 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 茅房 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 茅樓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 茅樓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 廁所兒, 茅廁, 茅房 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 廁所, 茅樓, 茅廁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 廁所兒, 廁所, 便所兒, 茅樓兒, 茅房, 一號兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房, 欄子, 便所, 茅樓兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 廁所 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 廁所 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 廁所, 茅房, 茅廁, 茅樓兒, 茅所, 茅坑兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 廁所, 茅房, 茅子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 廁所, 茅坑, 茅廁 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 茅房, 茅廁, 一號, 茅子 Hui |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 茅廁, 廁所兒, 便所兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 廁所兒, 茅房 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 茅房, 茅廁, 後茅子, 後路兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 茅子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 茅子, 後頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 茅廁, 廁所 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 廁所, 茅子, 茅房, 後頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 茅廁, 後樓, 圈圈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 廁所兒, 廁所, 屎茅子, 茅子, 茅廁, 茅房, 一號兒, 一號 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 茅圈, 茅房 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 茅圈, 茅房 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 茅房, 茅子, 廁所, 後路, 後頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 廁所, 茅廁 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 茅廁, 茅房 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 茅房, 後頭, 廁所兒, 一號兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 廁所, 茅房, 茅廁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 廁所, 茅廁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房, 一號, 一步樓 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 廁所, 茅廁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 廁所, 茅廁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 廁所, 茅廁, 屎坑, 糞坑, 茅坑, 灰屋 rural |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 廁所, 茅廁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kokang | 茅廁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 廁所 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 茅廁 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 廁所, 茅廁, 一號 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 屎缸, 茅廁, 茅缸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 茅缸, 茅廁, 茅房, 茅房缸, 池缸, 屎缸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 廁所, 茅廁 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 茅廁 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 廁所, 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 廁所, toilet, 洗手間, 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 廁坑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 糞缸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 屎缸 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 屎坑, 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 屎坑, 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 灰圍, 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 糞坑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 屎坑, 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 廁所, 屎糞壘, 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 屎坑, 糞壘 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 廁所, 屎缸 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 廁坑, 屎糞坑 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 屎缸 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 糞尾仔 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 糞缸 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 糞槽 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 廁所, 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 糞寮 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 屎坑, 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 廁所, 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 糞卜 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 糞六 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 屎欄 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 糞六, 糞廁 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 糞坑 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 屎樓 proper, 糞坑 simple, 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 廁所, 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 廁所, 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 屎卜, 灰卜 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 廁所, 糞坑 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 廁所, 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 茅廁 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 私房 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 廁所, 屎坑 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 廁所 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 廁所, 糞坑 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 茅廁, 茅缸, 廁所 |
| Gan | Poyang | 茅廁 |
| Gan | Yugan | 東司 |
| Gan | Wannian | 東司 |
| Gan | Yiyang, Jiangxi | 茅廁 |
| Gan | Hengfeng | 茅廁 |
| Gan | Yanshan (Hekou) | 茅廁 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 茅廁, 窖上 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 廁所, 灰屋, 東司 dated |
| Gan | Guixi | 屎窖 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 廁所, 屎窖, 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Gaobei) | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Tangkeng) | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Fengliang) | 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Pantian) | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 糞廁 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 糞缸, 廁所 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 廁所 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 屎湖 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 屎湖 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 屎湖 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 屎寮 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 屎棚 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 廁缸 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Changting | 屎窖, 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 屎缸下 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 東司, 廁所 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 屎坑, 茅廁, 糞坑, 廁所 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 廁缸 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 屎缸, 糞寮下 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 肥湖, 灰寮 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 糞坑, 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 灰舍 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 茅廁 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 糞坑 |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | 便所 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 便所, 糞窖, 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 便所, 糞窖, 糞缸, 糞缸仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 便所, 糞窖, 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 便所, 糞窖, 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 便所, 糞窖, 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 便所 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 屎坑, 廁所, 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 糞氹 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 糞氹 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 糞氹 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 糞坑 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 糞湖 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 屎窩 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 屎湖 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 屎湖 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 糞缸 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 糞窩 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 糞窩 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 屎坑, 廁所 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 屎坑 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 屎缸 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 廁缸, 尿缸 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 水間 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 茅廁, 廁所 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅缸 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 屎缸, 廁所 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 屎缸 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 茅廁 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 茅廁 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 茅廁, 東司 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 茅廁 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 茅廁, 東司 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 茅子, 茅房 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 茅子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 茅子 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 茅廁 |
| Jin | Linhe | 廁所, 茅房 |
| Jin | Jining | 廁所, 茅房, 茅子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房 |
| Jin | Baotou | 茅房, 茅子 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 廁所 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 茅房 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 廁所, 茅房 |
| Jin | Handan | 廁所, 茅廁, 茅房 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 屎坑, 東司, 廁所 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 糞厝 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 窖楻間 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 窖楻間 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 窖楻欄 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 茅廁 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 茅廁 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 茅廁 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 糞坑厝, 糞坑, 廁所 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 糞坑厝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 糞坑厝, 糞池 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 糞坑 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 屎坑 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 烌樓 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 糞池, 糞池頭 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 屎楻 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 屎欄 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 屎坑 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 糞池, 廁所 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 屎礐, 礐廁, 廁所, 化礐 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 屎礐 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 屎礐, 廁所, 化礐 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 屎礐 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 屎礐 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 屎礐 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 屎礐 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 屎礐, 廁所, 礐仔, 屎礐仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 礐仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 肚缸 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 屎礐, 尿間仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 屎礐, 便所 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 屎礐 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 屎礐仔, 便所 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 礐仔, 屎礐仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 屎礐, 便所 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 屎礐仔, 便所 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 便所 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 屎礐仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 便所 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 屎礐仔間, 便所 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 屎礐, 便所, 染顏 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 屎礐, 便所 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 染蠻 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 染蠻, 沖水間 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 廁所, 礐廁, 屎礐 dated |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 東司 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 屎礐 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 糞牢, 屎礐 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 屎楻頭, 糞櫥 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 屎坑 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 東司, 屎缸 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 廁所, 東司 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 廁所 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 東司, 屎缸 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 廁所, 屎礐, 屎圍 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 公司窿 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 染蠻 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 染蠻 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 染蠻 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 屎礐 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 恭房 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 恭房, 屎恭房, 屎礐 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 恭房 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 恭房 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 糞池兜, 廁所 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 糞池兜 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 肥池 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 屎坑 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 廁所, 屎坑 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 糞厝, 屎甕, 廁甕 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 屎坑 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Xinxu) | 廁所 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 茅廁 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 屎楻寮 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 屎楻 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 屎礐 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 屎楻間 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 屎缸 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 糞缸 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 廁所, 廁所間, 衛生間, 馬桶間, 洗手間, 小便間, 盥洗室, 坑棚, 坑棚間, 茅坑, 一號 slang, 一號間 slang, 世界盃 humorous |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 坑棚 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 廁所, 茅坑, 屎坑, 坑棚, 屎坑棚, 馬桶間 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 廁所, 茅坑 |
| Wu | Danyang | 廁所, 廁所間, 茅坑 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 廁所, 廁所間, 衛生間, 馬子間, 茅坑 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 屙坑間, 屙坑, 茅坑, 坑頭, 坑頭間, 坑跟間, 屙缸, 馬桶間, 衛生間, 廁所間, 廁所 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 茅坑, 尿盆間, 廁所 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 廁所, 茅坑 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 東司, 茅坑 |
| Wu | Shangrao | 茅廁 |
| Wu | Shangrao (Guangfeng) | 茅廁 |
| Wu | Yushan | 茅坑 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 茅廁, 茅廁屋, 廁屋 suburbs |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 茅廁屋, 廁所 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 茅廁 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 茅廁 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 毛廁 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 茅廁 |

#### Derived terms

* 便所蟲 / 便所虫

### References

* ↑ 汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 150

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 便 | 所 |
| べん Grade: 4 | しょ > じょ Grade: 3 |
| goon ||

### Etymology

Appears to be a coinage in Japanese from Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 便 (ben, “convenience, ease”, also meaning “bodily waste; bowel movement”) +‎ 所 (sho, “place”). The sho changes to jo as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Compare English expressions seat of ease, house of ease, also pooper, shitter.
First cited in works from the late 1400s.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) べんじょ [bèńjóꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
* IPA: [bẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞]

### Noun

便(べん)所(じょ) • (benjo)
* [from late 1400s] (dated) bathroom, restroom, lavatory, toilet
* (gambling slang) a pachinko machine one can use leftover balls on.

#### Usage notes

While up until the 1970s, this term or the honorific お便所(べんじょ) (o-benjo) was the preferred polite term to refer to a bathroom, it has now been largely replaced with お手洗(てあら)い (o-tearai, “washroom”)—or even トイレ (toire, “toilet”)—and sounds dated.

#### Synonyms

* トイレ (toire), おトイレ (o-toire)
* 手洗(てあら)い (tearai), お手洗(てあら)い (otearai, “washroom”)
* 化粧室 (keshōshitsu, “lavatory”, literally “make-up room, powder room”) – used in public spaces, like shops or airplane, more as the written sign than in speech.

#### Derived terms

* お便所(べんじょ) (o-benjo)

### References

* 1 2 “便所”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 便 | 所 |

### Noun

便所 • (byeonso) (hangeul 변소)
* hanja form of 변소 (“bathroom, restroom, lavatory, toilet”)