A single-paragraph essay about the results of a family jump rope competition.
今天早上我和爸爸比赛跳绳，爸爸先跳，妈妈记时数数，爸爸一分钟跳了128个，该我上场了，爸爸数数，妈妈记时，我这次没有失误，一分钟跳了145个，我的心砰砰乱跳，都快蹦出来了，妈妈弃权了，我成了全家中的第一名，，我好开心。
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today; the present time; now |
| 早上 | zǎo shang | early morning; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 和 | hé | old variant of 和[he2]; surname He; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2]) |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad; CL:位[wei4] |
| 比赛 | bǐ sài | competition (sports etc); match; CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4]; to compete |
| 跳绳 | tiào shéng | to jump rope; to skip; a skipping rope; a jump rope |
| 先 | xiān | beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) |
| 跳 | tiào | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama; mommy; mother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
| 记 | jì | to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots |
| 时 | shí | old variant of 時|时[shi2]; surname Shi |
| 数数 | shǔ shù | to count; to reckon |
| 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 … |
| 分钟 | fēn zhōng | minute |
| 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 |
| 个 | gě | used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]; variant of 個|个[ge4] |
| 该 | gāi | should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned |
| 上场 | shàng chǎng | on stage; to go on stage; to take the field |
| 这 | zhè | (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing) |
| 次 | cì | next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated e… |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be |
| 失 | shī | to lose; to miss; to fail |
| 误 | wù | mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly |
| 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… |
| 心 | xīn | heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4] |
| 砰 | ||
| 乱 | luàn | in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary |
| 都 | Dū | surname Du |
| 快 | kuài | rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant |
| 蹦 | běng | to jump; to bounce; to hop |
| 出 | chū | to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for…; variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
| 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… |
| 弃权 | qì quán | to waive a right; to abstain (from voting); (sports) to forfeit (a game); to voluntarily withdraw from a match |
| 成了 | chéng le | to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! |
| 全家 | Quán jiā | FamilyMart (convenience store chain) |
| 中的 | zhòng dì | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high… |
| 名 | míng | name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people |
| 好 | hǎo | good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (… |
| 开心 | kāi xīn | to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb |
This morning father and I competed in jump rope, father went first, mother kept time and count, father jumped 128 times in a minute, and when I entered the playing field, father counted and mother took notes. In this round [literally: ‘this time’, but sounds weird in English because there are no previous times] I made no mistakes, and in one minute I jumped 145 times, my heart pounded in my chest, as if it would bounce right out. Mother abstained from participating, so I became Number 1 in our family, I was very happy.