Chinese symbol for “latrine”
茅坑
máo kēng
latrine pit; latrine
The closest CC-CEDICT match for latrine is 茅坑 (máo kēng), defined as: latrine pit; latrine.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “latrine”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 茅坑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 名列前茅 | míng liè qián máo | to rank among the best |
| 茅台 (茅臺) | máo tái | maotai liquor 茅台酒 (máo tái jiǔ) |
| 茅台酒 (茅臺酒) | máo tái jiǔ | maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou); measure word: 杯 (bēi), 瓶 (píng) |
| 茅草 | máo cǎo | see 白茅 (bái máo) |
| 茅屋 | máo wū | thatched cottage |
| 茅厕 (茅廁) | máo si | (dialect) latrine |
| 坑洞 | kēng dòng | hole; pit |
| 坑人 | kēng rén | (coll.) to cheat; to swindle; to rip sb off; to screw sb over |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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