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出恭
chū​gōng

to go to the toilet

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
出恭 chū//gōng
to go to the toilet
to go to the bathroom; to defecate or urinate. Originally a polite reference to the 'Exit with Courtesy' signs used by students in imperial examinations when leaving to use the latrine.

Frequency

Written text
0.068 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 大恭 dà​gōng
  • 小恭 xiǎo​gōng

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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