How to say “Where is the bathroom?” in Taiwanese

“Where is the bathroom?” in Taiwanese (Taiwanese Hokkien, Tâi-gí) is 便所佇佗位, romanized as piān-sóo tī tó-uī in Tâi-lô and Piān-só͘ tī tó-ūi in the traditional Pe̍h-ōe-jī spelling. Press play above to hear it, then try saying it yourself.

便所 (piān-sóo) came into Taiwanese from Japanese during the colonial period, one of many everyday Japanese loanwords. 佇佗位 (tī tó-uī) means "is where?".

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