廁所板

Chinese

		toilet; bathroom; lavatory toilet; bathroom; lavatory; WC	board; plank; plate board; plank; plate; slab
trad. (廁所板)		廁所	板
simp. (厕所板)		厕所	板

Etymology

“HKSAR Passport”: From the resemblance of the Chinese emblem to a toilet seat looked from above.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ so² baan²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci³ so² baan²
  - Yale: chi só báan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ so² baan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi³ so² ban²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ sɔː³⁵ paːn³⁵/

Noun

廁所板

(Hong Kong) toilet seat (Classifier: 個／个 c; 塊／块 c)
(Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) HKSAR passport (Classifier: 本 c)

Synonyms

(toilet seat): 便座 (biànzuò), (Hong Kong) 廁板／厕板
(HKSAR passport): 廁板 / 厕板, 火車頭 / 火车头 (fo² ce¹ tau⁴)