Comments on: Not on purpose

By: weibwo

weibwo

What is the difference between 厕所 and 洗手间 and another word I sometimes see 洗澡间?

By: peterrichardson1

peterrichardson1

Love it, love it, love it! Chinese Pod, this lesson, Ken, Jenny as well as all the dialogue actors....great!!!! I have been in China for over 2 years but since I started using Chinesepod I have improved my Chinese by 1000%. Not only has it provided me with structure, vocabulary and grammar presented in relaxed, informative and imaginery way but it has also given me the confidence to go out there and use it everyday! I am an addict and I recommend to every "foreigner" I meet here. Well done to all involved, keep up the good work.

By: billybobjoebobwilly

billybobjoebobwilly

as I understand 厕所 is equivalent to Toilet. Maybe used in the park. 洗手间 is similar to the Wash room. Used in restaurants and hotels. 洗澡间 Anyone? More elegant places?

By: andrewm

andrewm

Didn't the fellow who lost his girlfriend say "我过去一下洗手间。wǒ guò qù yíxià xǐshǒujiān"? Would that be the same as "I'm going over to the bathroom"? I like the crackling campfire and the chirping crickets. Nice touch.

By: kesirui

kesirui

yay now I have something I can say besides "我不好意思" or “对不起”... Nice crickets, haha

By: lester

lester

澡（zao4) is "bath". What would the bath house at the beach be called (is there such a thing in China)?

By: light487

light487

I encountered many situations last night where I could have used this phrase :) I was at bar and many nice Chinese girls there that I accidentally bumped into a lot.. :) Would have been good to "impress" them with my vocab.. haha :) Next time I will be prepared! :)

By: light487

light487

Not pointless.. hrmm.. Jenny.. I wonder: do you watch a lot of Korean romantic drama? :) I also see something here: 哎，你们好！ - Hey, What's Up? I don't remember there being a Newbie lesson on this.. it's very conversational-among-friends sounding. The 你们 indicates that it's directed at both the people in the dialogue.. obviously 你们好 and 你好 is basically the same "how's it going?" thing from the newbie lessons.. but this word 哎 is new to me. Is it used a lot?

By: John

John

Ha ha, gotta love the crickets. One interesting behind-the-scenes cultural note is that we had to spend quite a bit of time explaining to the Chinese audio technicians what the whole cricket thing was about. Very culture-dependent. :)

By: RJ

Im not buying the John Wayne act, Ken. :-)

By: wyattxuexi

wyattxuexi

I remember being told that 厕所 is often used to refer to a public bathroom and it implies a certain level of dirtyness. 洗手间 on the other hand is a less public bathroom in a nice establishment.

By: va27angel

va27angel

oh!! That makes sense. I was just about to ask that question actually...