When to use bathhouse in Korean

Korean: 목욕탕[ mok-yok-tang ]

bathhouse
bathhouse

When to use it

A bathhouse (목욕탕) is a place where people go to wash and take a bath. In Korea, it usually means a public bath, not the bathroom in your house. You can use this word when talking about going there, meeting someone there, or asking where it is.

Example sentences

  1. 오늘 아빠랑 목욕탕에 가요.

    I am going to the bathhouse with my dad today.

  2. 우리 집 근처에 큰 목욕탕이 있어요.

    There is a big bathhouse near my house.

  3. 학교 끝나고 친구와 목욕탕에 갔어요.

    I went to the bathhouse with my friend after school.

  4. 여행 중에 목욕탕을 찾았어요.

    I found a bathhouse during the trip.

  5. 이 목욕탕은 밤 열 시까지 해요.

    This bathhouse is open until 10 p.m.

  6. 엄마가 목욕탕에 갈 수건을 샀어요.

    My mom bought a towel to take to the bathhouse.