Chinese symbol for “trashcan”
垃圾筒
lā jī tǒng
trashcan
The closest CC-CEDICT match for trashcan is 垃圾筒 (lā jī tǒng), defined as: trashcan.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 垃圾筒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 垃圾 | lā jī | trash; refuse |
| 垃圾桶 | lā jī tǒng | trash can; garbage can; Taiwan pr. [le4se4tong3] |
| 垃圾堆 | lā jī duī | garbage heap |
| 垃圾箱 | lā jī xiāng | rubbish can; garbage can |
| 垃圾车 (垃圾車) | lā jī chē | garbage truck (or other vehicle) |
| 垃圾邮件 (垃圾郵件) | lā jī yóu jiàn | junk mail; spam |
| 手电筒 (手電筒) | shǒu diàn tǒng | flashlight; electric hand torch |
| 话筒 (話筒) | huà tǒng | microphone; (telephone) receiver; handset |
See also: Japanese symbol for “trashcan”.
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.