A bidet is a low bathroom fitting — like a small, shallow basin or a very low sit-on bath — that you sit on to wash your bottom after using the toilet. It has taps and a jet of water, and in many European homes it stands next to the toilet as a separate object. That is the strict meaning.

A bidet is a low bathroom fittingbidet是一種矮矮的浴室設備 like a small, shallow basin or a very low sit-on bath像是一個小小的淺盆，或是一個非常矮、可以坐上去的浴缸 that you sit on to wash your bottom after using the toilet上完廁所後你會坐上去洗屁股 It has taps and a jet of water它有水龍頭和噴水的裝置 and in many European homes it stands next to the toilet as a separate object在許多歐洲家庭裡，它是獨立於馬桶之外、擺在馬桶旁邊的一件設備 That is the strict meaning這是嚴格定義下的意思

People also stretch the word, loosely, to the electronic toilet seat that sprays water (the kind with buttons on the side). In Taiwan that second thing is what you will actually meet; the little stand-alone French basin is rare in local apartments.

People also stretch the word, loosely人們也會把這個字鬆散地延伸使用 to the electronic toilet seat that sprays water指那種會噴水的電子馬桶座 (the kind with buttons on the side)（就是側邊有按鈕的那種） In Taiwan that second thing is what you will actually meet在台灣，你實際上會遇到的是第二種東西 the little stand-alone French basin is rare in local apartments那種法式獨立小盆在本地公寓裡很少見

The English word is a French loan. In older French, bidet was a small horse: you sit astride the fitting the way you sit astride a pony. That picture is still the easiest way to remember the shape.

The English word is a French loan這個英文字是從法文借來的 In older French在古法文裡 bidet was a small horsebidet指的是一匹小馬 you sit astride the fitting the way you sit astride a pony你跨坐在這個設備上，就像跨坐在小馬上一樣 That picture is still the easiest way to remember the shape這個畫面到現在仍是記住它形狀最簡單的方法