Chinese symbol for “sewer”
阴沟
yīn gōu
Traditional: 陰溝
sewer; underground drainage channel
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sewer is 阴沟 (yīn gōu), defined as: sewer; underground drainage channel.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sewer”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 下水道 | xià shuǐ dào | underground drain; sewer |
| 暗沟 (暗溝) | àn gōu | sewer; underground drainage channel |
| 排污管 | pái wū guǎn | sewer |
| 水沟 (水溝) | shuǐ gōu | gutter; sewer |
| 渗沟 (滲溝) | shèn gōu | sewer |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 阴沟.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阴谋 (陰謀) | yīn móu | to conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot |
| 阴影 (陰影) | yīn yǐng | (lit. and fig.) shadow; measure word: 道 (dào) |
| 阴道 (陰道) | yīn dào | vagina |
| 阴茎 (陰莖) | yīn jīng | penis |
| 阴阳 (陰陽) | yīn yáng | yin and yang |
| 阴暗 (陰暗) | yīn àn | dim; dark |
| 沟通 (溝通) | gōu tōng | to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate |
| 鸿沟 (鴻溝) | hóng gōu | (fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap; (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 (Chǔ) and |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sewer”.
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.