Bathroom in Chinese
bathroom · HSK 2
洗手间
- 洗 to wash
- 手 hand
- 间 between
Counted with 间: 一间洗手间
请问洗手间在哪里？ Excuse me, where is the restroom?
Other ways to say bathroom
More words with 洗 or 手 or 间
How do you say bathroom in Chinese?
Bathroom in Chinese is 洗手间 (xǐ shǒu jiān). You can also say 卫生间 (wèi shēng jiān), 厕所 (cè suǒ), 浴室 (yù shì).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.