"我们有两个厕所。"
Translation:We have two toilets.
April 26, 2018
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A room with only a toilet in and nothing else is never called a bathroom in the UK. Most people who have two toilets will usually have one in an actual bathroom and another in just a tiny cupboard like room with perhaps a small wash hand basin as well.
This Chinese sentence is not saying there are two bathrooms only there are two toilets. We can't tell if they are in a public building or a home from the sentence.
Dr_Jerry
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I might beg to differ. 马桶 refers specifically to the Western-style toilet fixture, to distinguish it from the traditional toilet used in China (squatty potty). While there is a formal term for the traditional toilet fixture in China, I don't know that I've ever heard anyone call it something other than a 厕所.