蹲坑 (dūnkēng): squat toilet (the fixture itsel…

Meanings

1 squat toilet (the fixture itself)
2 to use the squat toilet
3 to take a dump (colloquial)

Characters

蹲

Examples

这家餐馆的厕所是蹲坑。

Zhè jiā cānguǎn de cèsuǒ shì dūnkēng.

The toilet at this restaurant is a squat type.

他正在蹲坑，等会儿再叫他。

Tā zhèngzài dūnkēng, děng huìr zài jiào tā.

He's on the toilet right now — call him again in a bit.

Tips

register

Casual. Refers both to the floor-level squat toilet (vs. 坐便 zuòbiàn, sit toilet) and to the act of using it. Also used jokingly online for 'lurking' in the sense of 'parking in this spot' (蹲一个 'I'll squat here for one'), though the toilet sense is primary.

memory

蹲 'to squat' + 坑 'pit/hole.' Literally 'squat over the pit' — the visual is the design itself.