Why is the toilet called WC in China?

W· C is the earliest expression for toilets, the full name is water closet, which means to tell people "I'm going to poop and pee and squat in the pit". This very vulgar expression was used by countries such as Britain and the United States a hundred or two hundred years ago. Introduced in China for many years, many Chinese know that WC is the English abbreviation of public toilets, but in fact, abroad, WC has disappeared a few years ago and replaced by Toilet, so there will be jokes that foreigners do not know WC.

The meaning of the word WC itself is not much different from toilet, but rhetorically speaking, the former gives the impression of being simple and unhygienic, while the latter not only has a clean and comfortable feeling, but can also be dressed up inside. The word "toilet" is derived from the French language, and even the French word "perfume" (l'eaudutoilet) is related to toilet, which shows that it still has a very elegant feeling. The elegant translation translates Toilet as "public restroom".

The word W C is an abbreviation of wafter-closet, where the word "closet" is used as "small room". The Twentieth Century Dictionary explains water-closet as a small room used for storage, where the "effluents" are washed away with water.

The meaning of WC is easy to understand, so it has been widely used. However, since everyone knows what WC means, some people find it indecent and replace it with other more subtle words, such as lavatory, restroom, bathroom, toiletpowder-room, etc., which can be used to refer to toilets. In general public places, toilets are usually divided by gender, with men often written men, or gent's, and women or ladies' for women.

It is because the term WC has largely disappeared from foreign populations; However, in many places where English is used as a foreign language, it is still retained, because it is easy to catch, and you will not forget it after listening to it, which can be regarded as a characteristic of the language.

The word "water-closet" is an abbreviation for "closet", where the word closet is originally the "small room" solution.

The Twentieth Century Dictionary defines water-closet as a small chamber used as a chamber in which the "discharge" is washed away with water. The meaning is easy to understand, so it has been widely used.

However, since everyone knows what they mean, some people find it indecent and replace it with other more ambiguous words such as lavatory, restroom, bathroom, toilet powder-room, etc., which can be used to refer to toilets.

In general public places, toilets are more likely to be written men, or gent, for example, by gender's, for women, write women or ladies'。It is because the term has largely disappeared from the foreign population; However, in many places where English is used as a foreign language, it is still retained, because it is easy to catch, and you will not forget it after listening to it, which can be regarded as a characteristic of the language.

As for the names of the various devices in Lavatory, they are listed below. In order to save space, the toilet is often located in the bathroom (in fact, this is unhygienic), so the equipment includes: shower, bathtowel soap-stand, water tank, close-stool, lavatory brush and other necessary supplies.

Toilet WC: It is the abbreviation of English Water Closet, which means flush toilet room.

WC" = water closet (English meaning: toilet with flush toilet) "WC" = simple, easy to remember. Under the factor that the English level of the Chinese people is not high, it is widely spread.

WC" = toilet (WC became the symbol for toilet in mainland China).

What a boring question, there are so many ways to score points, and you have now chosen the most despicable one!!

Litter!!!

It's not called that in China.

wc=water closet refers to flushing toilets.

Maybe it's that WC is easy to remember, so it's so popular.

I've never heard anyone say "WC" abroad!

Traces of history.

Washington DC

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At that time, no one called the most vulgar thing abroad.

It is also called thatched house, thatched room, dung, dung

In the United States, Toilet is also inaccurate, Toilet means toilet, and the correct expression should be restroom bathroom