Lesson 10 of 10
Where is it?
Ask where something is and understand a simple answer.
About 5 minutes. 7 words and phrases.
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在哪儿?
Where is it?
Put the place first: 厕所在哪儿? is "Where is the toilet?". In the south you will often hear 在哪里 (zài nǎlǐ) instead.
厕所
toilet
洗手间 (xǐshǒujiān, "wash hands room") is a more polite word you will see on signs.
地铁站
metro station
这儿
here
那儿
there
左边
on the left
右边
on the right
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Take this with you
The thing you are looking for goes first, then 在哪儿. The answer follows the same pattern: 厕所在左边 is "the toilet is on the left".