noun

[C]

a restroom, toilet, or bathroom; a room or facility for urination and defecation, and often for washing hands

hwajangsil

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Sino-Korean 化粧室, literally “makeup room” or “toilet room”; in modern Korean it is the ordinary word for a restroom or toilet.

Examples

화장실이 어디예요?

hwajangsiri eodiyeyo

Where is the restroom?

잠깐 화장실에 다녀올게요.

jamkkan hwajangsire danyeoolgeyo

I’ll go to the restroom for a moment.

이 건물에는 화장실이 두 개 있습니다.

i geonmureneun hwajangsiri du gae itseumnida

There are two restrooms in this building.

Character Breakdown

화

hwa

change; make up or adorn, as part of 化粧

장

jang

makeup; adornment, as part of 化粧

실

sil

room

Synonyms

Collocations

화장실에 가다

화장실을 찾다

공중화장실

남자 화장실

여자 화장실

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noun

[C]

a restroom, toilet, or bathroom; a room or facility for urination and defecation, and often for washing hands

hwajangsil

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Sino-Korean 化粧室, literally “makeup room” or “toilet room”; in modern Korean it is the ordinary word for a restroom or toilet.

Examples

화장실이 어디예요?

hwajangsiri eodiyeyo

Where is the restroom?

잠깐 화장실에 다녀올게요.

jamkkan hwajangsire danyeoolgeyo

I’ll go to the restroom for a moment.

이 건물에는 화장실이 두 개 있습니다.

i geonmureneun hwajangsiri du gae itseumnida

There are two restrooms in this building.

Character Breakdown

화

hwa

change; make up or adorn, as part of 化粧

장

jang

makeup; adornment, as part of 化粧

실

sil

room

Synonyms

Collocations

화장실에 가다

화장실을 찾다

공중화장실

남자 화장실

여자 화장실

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