北京一共有19000多个公共厕所，但是很多厕所有脏、乱、差、少、远等问题。
最近，北京市制定了一个“提升公共厕所服务品质”的方案，要全面提升北京大街小巷的厕所质量。
新的公共厕所不分男女，有独立的马桶、婴儿座椅、桌子等。
这种厕所除了有最基本的功能，还可以购物、存钱取钱、免费上网、充电，甚至可以用面部识别的方法拿卫生纸，非常科学、实用、环保。
目标是“冬天不冷，夏天不热，闻着不臭”。
并且，在北京街头，300-500米就会有一个厕所，每步行三分钟就可以找到。
女厕所也会更多。
今年，北京计划完成500多个这样的厕所。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 北京 | Běi jīng | Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China |
| 一共 | yī gòng | in total; altogether |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 多 | duō | (after a numeral) ... odd |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 公共 | gōng gòng | public; common; communal |
| 厕所 | cè suǒ | toilet; lavatory |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 脏 | zāng | dirty / filthy |
| 乱 | luàn | in confusion or disorder / in a confused state of mind |
| 差 | chà | different / wrong; mistaken / not up to standard; inferior |
| 少 | shǎo | few / less |
| 远 | yuǎn | far / distant / remote |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 市 | shì | city / municipality (administrative unit) |
| 制定 | zhì dìng | to draw up; to formulate |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 提升 | tí shēng | (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve |
| 服务 | fú wù | service |
| 品质 | pǐn zhì | character / intrinsic quality (of a person) / quality (of a product or service) |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 方案 | fāng àn | plan / program (for action etc) / proposal / proposed bill |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 全面 | quán miàn | all-around / comprehensive / total / overall |
| 大街小巷 | dà jiē xiǎo xiàng | great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city |
| 质量 | zhì liàng | quality / quality and quantity |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 分 | fēn | to divide; to separate |
| 男 | nán | (bound form) male |
| 女 | nǚ | female |
| 独立 | dú lì | independent |
| 马桶 | mǎ tǒng | chamber pot / wooden pan used as toilet / toilet bowl |
| 婴儿 | yīng ér | infant / baby |
| 座椅 | zuò yǐ | seat |
| 桌子 | zhuō zi | table / desk |
| 这种 | zhè zhǒng | this kind of |
| 除了 | chú le | apart from; besides; in addition to |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 基本 | jī běn | basic / fundamental / main / elementary |
| 功能 | gōng néng | function; capability |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 购物 | gòu wù | shopping |
| 存钱 | cún qián | to deposit money / to save money |
| 取钱 | qǔ qián | to withdraw money |
| 免费 | miǎn fèi | free (of charge) |
| 上网 | shàng wǎng | to go online / to connect to the Internet / (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet / (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net |
| 充电 | chōng diàn | to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure) / to update one's skills and knowledge |
| 甚至 | shèn zhì | even; so much so that |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 面部 | miàn bù | face (body part) |
| 识别的 | shí bié de | identification-based; using recognition/identifying methods |
| 方法 | fāng fǎ | method; way; technique; procedure |
| 拿 | ná | to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take |
| 卫生纸 | wèi shēng zhǐ | toilet paper; tissues |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 科学 | kē xué | scientific / rational |
| 实用 | shí yòng | practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science) |
| 环保 | huán bǎo | environmental protection |
| 目标 | mù biāo | target / goal / objective |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 冬天 | dōng tiān | winter |
| 冷 | lěng | cold |
| 夏天 | xià tiān | summer |
| 热 | rè | hot (of weather) |
| 闻 | wén | to hear / to smell / to sniff at |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 臭 | chòu | to smell (bad) |
| 并且 | bìng qiě | and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 街头 | jiē tóu | street |
| 米 | mǐ | uncooked rice / meter (unit of length) / (slang) Chinese yuan |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 一个 | yī ge | a; an; one / the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 步行 | bù xíng | to go on foot / to walk |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 分钟 | fēn zhōng | minute |
| 找到 | zhǎo dào | to find |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 计划 | jì huà | to plan / to map out |
| 完成 | wán chéng | to complete; to accomplish |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | (before a noun) this kind of; such |