The word W.C. is the abbreviation of water-closet, in which the word "closet" originally means "small room". Extended information

"Twentieth Century Dictionary" explains water-closet as: a small room used as a room, and the "discharge" is flushed away with water. W.C.'s meaning is easy to understand, so it has been widely used. However, since everyone knows what W.C refers to, some people think it is indecent, so they use other more vague words instead, such as lavatory, restroom, bathroom, toilet powder-room, etc., which can all be used to refer to toilets.

In general public places, toilet directions are differentiated by gender. Men's toilets are usually written "men" or "gent's", and female toilets are written "women" or "ladies'". Therefore, among the foreign population, the word W.C. has basically disappeared; however, it is still retained in many places where English is the basic foreign language, because it is easy to pronounce and will not be forgotten after hearing it. This can be regarded as a linguistic phenomenon. kind of characteristics.

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