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Originally Posted by CityofTrees
And, on a random note, if you don't mind me asking... I once heard that while 手紙 is "letter" in Japanese (which I know), I heard the same characters are "toilet paper" in Chinese. Is that true?
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You know, now that you mention it, I don't even know how to say "toilet paper" in Chinese. I try to bring my own when traveling there so the issue never came up
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MDBG (popular online Chinese dictionary), it's "衛生紙". While it's possible that it's a regional and/or slang that hasn't made it in yet, a search on google images shows only letters, no toilet paper. Humm, limiting the search to Taiwan shows some pictures of what I think are paper towels, not toilet paper. So that may be the answer, it's a Taiwan name for paper towels, doesn't seem to be called that in China.