🇨🇳 Chinese (Mandarin)
中文 • Han
Pattern: “Where is …?” (finding places fast)
Ask for locations using a single high‑frequency pattern.
The pattern
Memorize this as a chunk. Then swap one word at a time.
- Swap the place word: bathroom → station → hotel.
- Question words are high frequency — learn them early.
厕所在哪里？
Cèsuǒ zài nǎlǐ
Where is the bathroom?
More examples
These are close patterns you can reuse. Read them aloud, then change one word.
你住在哪里？
Nǐ zhù zài nǎlǐ
Where do you live?
这是什么？
Zhè shì shénme
What is this?
我在这里。
Wǒ zài zhèlǐ
I am here.
我想要水。
Wǒ xiǎng yào shuǐ
I want water.
我不懂。
Wǒ bù dǒng
I don't understand.
你会说英语吗？
Nǐ huì shuō Yīngyǔ ma
Do you speak English?
Mini‑quiz
Mini-quiz
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Which sentence matches “Where is the bathroom?”?