洗手间

Character by character

• 洗xǐ9 strokesHSK 1wash, rinse; clean, purify
• 手shǒu4 strokesHSK 1hand
• 间jiān7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 間midpoint, space; place, locality

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 洗手间. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 时间shí jiānHSK 1

  time; period

• 手shǒuHSK 1

  hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill

• 之间zhī jiānHSK 4

  (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间)

• 间jiānHSK 1

  between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms

• 手机shǒu jīHSK 1

  cell phone; mobile phone

• 选手xuǎn shǒuHSK 3

  athlete; contestant

• 手术shǒu shùHSK 4

  (surgical) operation; surgery

• 洗xǐHSK 1

  to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording)

• 空间kōng jiānHSK 4

  space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space; (physics, math.) space

• 房间fáng jiānHSK 1

  room

• 对手duì shǒuHSK 3

  opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match

• 期间qī jiānHSK 4

  period of time; time; time period; period

• 手里shǒu lǐHSK 4

  in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands

• 中间zhōng jiānHSK 1

  the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime

• 手段shǒu duànHSK 5

  method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick

• 分手fēn shǒuHSK 4

  to part company; to split up; to break up

• 歌手gē shǒuHSK 3

  singer

• 手指shǒu zhǐHSK 3

  finger

• 动手dòng shǒuHSK 5

  to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch

• 洗澡xǐ zǎoHSK 2

  to bathe; to take a shower

• 瞬间shùn jiānHSK 7

  in an instant; in a flash

• 双手shuāng shǒuHSK 5

  both hands

• 杀手shā shǒuHSK 7

  killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player

• 高手gāo shǒuHSK 6

  expert; past master; dab hand