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| hungh3 Newbie Vietnam https://tienganhmoin Joined 5594 days ago 10 posts - 15 votes Speaks: EnglishC2 | Message 17 of 43 20 April 2011 at 4:20pm | IP Logged |
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Vietnamese equivalent: nhà vệ sinh/ nhà cầu.
nhà (room) vệ sinh (cleansing) nhà cầu is a set phrase. In Vietnam, people also use "toilet" or "WC" often, especially so among the young generation. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| koba Heptaglot Senior Member AustriaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5663 days ago 118 posts - 201 votes  Speaks: Portuguese*, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, French | Message 18 of 43 26 May 2011 at 11:42pm | IP Logged |
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In Hungarian the word is fürdõszoba and it's the same as the two words in English together "bath" (fürdõ) and "room"(szoba)
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| ~Mg~ Diglot Senior Member Austria Joined 4869 days ago 310 posts - 313 votes Speaks: German*, English | Message 19 of 43 29 May 2011 at 8:24pm | IP Logged |
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In Austria "Klo" is commonly used (e.g.: Ich muss aufs Klo = I have to go to the restroom).
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| chirel Triglot Senior Member Finland Joined 5105 days ago 125 posts - 159 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Swedish Studies: French | Message 20 of 43 29 May 2011 at 9:52pm | IP Logged |
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Finnish: vessa [vessa] (from WC) and WC [ve:se:].
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| Guests Guest Group Joined 7171 days ago 0 - 22 votes Logged on | Message 21 of 43 30 May 2011 at 5:53am | IP Logged |
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in China we call it “洗手间” or "厕所"
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| egill Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5491 days ago 418 posts - 791 votes Speaks: Mandarin, English* Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 22 of 43 30 May 2011 at 8:51am | IP Logged |
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In Taiwanese it's: "piān-só͘"(便所) presumably from the Japanese "benjo"(便所). Edited by egill on 30 May 2011 at 8:52am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Guests Guest Group Joined 7171 days ago 0 - 22 votes Logged on | Message 23 of 43 31 May 2011 at 5:47am | IP Logged |
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I am a chinese, in China ,we call it "cesuo" or" weishengjian" which means the place you can have one or two, or you can take a showe , wash your hands!
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| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4654 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 24 of 43 08 August 2011 at 3:27am | IP Logged |
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In Macedonian:
toalet, we-ce, less oficial - kupatilo 1 person has voted this message useful |
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