Where is the Washroom

About

You can stop holding it in now, because in this lesson we're going to teach you the magical phrase "where

is the washroom". Combine this with general agitation and hopping from foot to foot for best effect. And

when when it works you can get started learning directions the hard way.

For those of you who are new to Popup Chinese, we encourage you to approach our lessons as bite-sized

units you can learn at the pace of one a day: listen to our podcast first and see if you can understand

our simple dialogue. When you're done, fire up The Fix to test your memory and speaking skills. Pay

special attention to the tones. And in a day or two, review the materials with our customizable PDFs and

transcripts. And let us know if you have any questions - we're always here to answer them.

Sentences

洗手间在哪儿?

xǐshǒujiān zài nǎr ?

Where is the washroom?

这儿没有。

zhèr méiyǒu 。

There isn't any washroom here.

那哪儿有?

nà nǎr yǒu ?

So where is one?

这附近都没有洗手间呀。

zhè fùjìn dōu méiyǒu xǐshǒujiān ya 。

There aren't any washrooms anywhere around here.

Vocabulary

洗手间

xǐshǒujiān

washroom

noun

你

nǐ

you

pronoun

我

wǒ

I

pronoun

在

zài

to be at unknown 哪儿 nǎr where

question

这儿

zhèr

here

noun

那儿

nàr

there

noun

有

yǒu

to have

verb

没有

méiyǒu

not to have

verb

手纸

shǒuzhǐ

toilet paper

noun

你在哪儿

nǐ zài nǎr

where are you

phrase

我在这儿

wǒ zài zhèr

I'm over here

phrase