Trash can in Chinese (Mandarin): 垃圾桶 (lājītǒng)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 垃圾桶

• 垃

  Part of the word for trash. 土 (earth) is on the left.

  8 strokes

• 圾

  Part of the word for trash. 土 (earth) is on the left.

  6 strokes

• 桶

  Bucket or barrel.

  11 strokes

垃圾 (lājī) is trash. Throwing trash away is 扔垃圾 (rēng lājī), and in Taiwan the trash word is often said lèsè.

More examples with 垃圾桶

• 把纸扔进垃圾桶。

  把紙扔進垃圾桶。

  Bǎ zhǐ rēng jìn lājītǒng.

  Throw the paper in the trash can.

• 垃圾桶满了。

  垃圾桶滿了。

  Lājītǒng mǎn le.

  The trash can is full.

How to write 垃圾桶 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.