Hey hey! This site has made it through two years online and 100 posts! That makes an average of 50 posts a year, which averages out to a little less than one a week. Not terribly shabby, huh? In any case, on with the Chinese. I’ve been having a bit of trouble rounding up truly […]
小姑娘指着晨练的老人问： 为什么他们能天天到公园来玩？ 奶奶：因为他们是退休人员。 一天，爸爸问女儿：你长大当什么？ 小姑娘：退休人员。
父亲教儿子学算术：“一加一是多少？” 儿子：“不知道。” 父亲：“是两个，笨蛋！知道了吗？” 儿子：“知道了。” 父亲：“那么，我和你，加起来是几个人？” 儿子：“是两个笨蛋！”
一个女孩和一个男孩吃汉堡。男孩说女孩：“我要告诉你一件事！” 女孩说：“不要跟我说话在我吃的时候，当我吃我的汉堡，那么你就可以谈。” 所以，当他们吃完了女孩问男孩：“现在你想说什么呢？” 男孩说：“嗯，我是说，有一只蟑螂在你的汉堡里！”
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny; few; young |
| 姑 | gū | paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary) |
| 娘 | niáng | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate; variant of 娘[niang2] |
| 指 | zhǐ | finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end |
| 着 | zhāo | variant of 著|着[zhao1]; a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add |
| 晨 | chén | morning; dawn; daybreak |
| 练 | liàn | to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk |
| 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to… |
| 老人 | lǎo rén | old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 为 | wéi | as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice); variant of 為|为[wei2] |
| 什 | shén | what |
| 么 | má | exclamatory final particle; variant of 麼|么[me5] |
| 他 | tā | (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2]) |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 能 | Néng | surname Neng |
| 天天 | tiān tiān | every day |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoug… |
| 公园 | gōng yuán | park (for public recreation); CL:座[zuo4] |
| 来 | lái | to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3… |
| 玩 | wán | to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]); to keep sth for entertainment; variant of 玩[wan2]; Taiwan pr. [wan4] |
| 奶 | nǎi | breast; milk; to breastfeed; variant of 嬭|奶[nai3]; mother; variant of 奶[nai3] |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4] |
| 退 | tuì | to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline |
| 休 | Xīu | surname Xiu |
| 人员 | rén yuán | staff; crew; personnel; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 一 | yī | one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out … |
| 天 | tiān | day; sky; heaven |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad; CL:位[wei4] |
| 女儿 | nu:3 ér | daughter |
| 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2]); you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.) |
| 长大 | zhǎng dà | to grow up |
| 当 | dāng | (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell); to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at |
| 父亲 | fù qīn | father; also pr. [fu4 qin5]; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 教 | Jiào | surname Jiao |
| 儿子 | ér zi | son |
| 学 | xué | to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology |
| 算 | suàn | to calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid; to carry weight; to regard as; to consider (to be ...) |
| 术 | shù | method; technique |
| 加 | Jiā | Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia |
| 多少 | duō shǎo | number; amount; somewhat |
| 不知 | bù zhī | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) |
| 道 | dào | road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quot… |
| 两 | liǎng | two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) |
| 个 | gě | used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]; variant of 個|个[ge4] |
| 笨 | běn | stupid; silly; clumsy |
| 蛋 | Dàn | variant of 蜑[Dan4] |
| 知道了 | zhī dào le | OK!; Got it! |
| 吗 | má | (coll.) what? |
| 那么 | nà me | like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 和 | hé | old variant of 和[he2]; surname He; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2]) |
| 起 | qǐ | to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; sta… |
| 几个 | jǐ ge | a few; several; how many |
| 人 | rén | person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] |
| 一个 | yī ge | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 女孩 | nu:3 hái | girl; lass |
| 男孩 | nán hái | boy |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc); variant of 吃[chi1] |
| 汉 | Hàn | Han ethnic group; Chinese (language); the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) |
| 堡 | ||
| 说 | shuì | to persuade; variant of 說|说[shuo1] |
| 要 | yāo | (bound form) to demand; to coerce |
| 告 | gào | (bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue |
| 诉 | sù | variant of 訴|诉[su4]; to complain; to sue; to tell |
| 件 | jiàn | item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc |
| 事 | shì | matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] |
| 不要 | bù yào | don't!; must not |
| 跟 | gēn | heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns) |
| 说话 | shuō huà | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word |
| 在 | zài | to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 吃的 | chī de | (coll.) food |
| 时 | shí | old variant of 時|时[shi2]; surname Shi |
| 候 | hòu | to wait; to inquire after; to watch; season; climate; (old) period of five days |
| 就 | jìu | (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precise… |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good |
| 谈 | Tán | surname Tan |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore; as a result; so; the reason why |
| 吃完 | chī wán | to finish eating |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (bound form) clear in one's mind; to understand clearly |
| 现 | xiàn | to appear; present; now; existing; current |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation… |
| 嗯 | ēn | (a groaning sound) |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional) |
| 只 | zhī | variant of 隻|只[zhi1]; variant of 只[zhi3]; grain that has begun to ripen; classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc |
| 蟑 | ||
| 螂 | ||
| 里 | lǐ | variant of 裡|里[li3]; lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]; surname Li |
A little girl pointing at old people doing morning exercises, said: “Why are they allowed to play in the park all day?” Grandmother: “Because they are retirees.” One day, the father asked the little girl: What do you want to be when you grow up? Little girl: A retiree!
Father is teaching his son arithmetic: “One plus one is how much?” Son: “I don’t know.” Father: “It’s two, idiot! You get it?” Son: “I get it.” Father: “Now, me and you, put us together and how many people is that?” Son: “Two idiots!”
A girl and a boy are eating hamburgers. The boy says to the girl: “I want to tell you something!” The girl says: “Don’t talk to me while I’m eating, when I’m done with my hamburger, then you can speak.” So, when they finished eating the girl asked the boy: “Now what do you want to say?” Boy says: “Huh, I was saying, there’s a cockroach in your hamburger.”