Usage Note
Comfort room is the standard Philippine English term for a bathroom or toilet. Abbreviated as 'C.R.' in everyday speech and on signs, it is used universally across formal and informal settings. Asking 'Saan ang C.R.?' is the standard way to ask for the restroom in the Philippines.
Examples
" Nasaan ang comfort room? "
Natural Translation
Where is the restroom?
Literal Translation
Where the comfort-room?
" Nasaan po ang comfort room dito? "
Natural Translation
Where is the restroom here?
Literal Translation
Where (polite) the comfort-room here?
" Bago kami umalis sa mall, dumaan muna kami sa comfort room dahil mahaba pa ang biyahe pauwi. "
Natural Translation
Before we left the mall, we stopped by the restroom first because the trip home was still long.
Literal Translation
Before we left from mall, passed-by first we to comfort-room because long still the trip going-home.
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