去厕所

去廁所

qùcèsuǒ

verb

Meanings

1 to go to the toilet
2 to head to the bathroom

Characters

Examples

我先去厕所，一会儿回来。

Wǒ xiān qù cèsuǒ, yīhuìr huílái.

I'll go to the bathroom first and come back in a bit.

孩子说要去厕所。

Háizi shuō yào qù cèsuǒ.

The kid says he needs to go to the bathroom.

Tips

mistakes

Both 去厕所 and 上厕所 are correct, but native speakers lean on 上厕所 for the 'act of using the toilet' and 去厕所 more for the directional 'walk over to the bathroom'. 我上完厕所就走 (after I use the toilet I'll go) vs 我去了一趟厕所 (I took a trip to the bathroom) — feel the difference.

Stroke Order

去 qù

厕 cè

所 suǒ