洗手间在哪儿?
xǐshǒujiān zài nǎr ?
Where is the washroom?
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.
xǐshǒujiān zài nǎr ?
Where is the washroom?
zhèr méiyǒu 。
There isn't any washroom here.
nà nǎr yǒu ?
So where is one?
zhè fùjìn dōu méiyǒu xǐshǒujiān ya 。
There aren't any washrooms anywhere around here.
xǐshǒujiān
washroom
nounnǐ
you
pronounwǒ
I
pronounzài
to be at unknown 哪儿 nǎr where
questionzhèr
here
nounnàr
there
nounyǒu
to have
verbméiyǒu
not to have
verbshǒuzhǐ
toilet paper
nounnǐ zài nǎr
where are you
phrasewǒ zài zhèr
I'm over here
phrase