A young child’s thoughts about watermelon, their favorite fruit.
我吃好多水果，但是我最喜欢的是西瓜。
西瓜圆圆的，有一条一条的绿色花纹，像一个皮球。
破开西瓜，周围是白色的瓜皮，中间是鲜红的瓜瓤。咬一口，甜甜的，真好吃。我好想一口气把整个西瓜吃完，可是妈妈说，西瓜不能多吃，吃多了会拉肚子。
吃完西瓜，瓜皮要丢进垃圾桶，可不能随便乱扔，因为有人踩到上面会摔倒的。
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 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] |
| 好多 | hǎo duō | many; quite a lot; much better |
| 水 | Shuǐ | surname Shui; Shui ethnic group |
| 果 | guǒ | fruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just |
| 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] |
| 最 | zuì | variant of 最[zui4]; old variant of 最[zui4]; (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world") |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 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… |
| 西瓜 | xī guā | watermelon; CL:顆|颗[ke1] |
| 圆 | yuán | circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional) |
| 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 … |
| 条 | tiáo | strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) |
| 绿色 | lu:4 sè | green |
| 花纹 | huā wén | decorative design |
| 像 | xiàng | to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.) |
| 一个 | yī ge | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 皮球 | pí qíu | ball (made of rubber, leather etc) |
| 破开 | pò kāi | to split; to cut open |
| 周围 | zhōu wéi | environs; surroundings; periphery |
| 白色 | bái sè | white; fig. reactionary; anti-communist |
| 瓜 | guā | melon; gourd; squash; (slang) a piece of gossip |
| 皮 | Pí | surname Pi |
| 中间 | zhōng jiān | the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime |
| 鲜红 | xiān hóng | scarlet; bright red |
| 瓤 | ráng | pulp (of fruit); sth inside a covering; bad; weak |
| 咬 | yáo | to bite |
| 一口 | yī kǒu | readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite |
| 甜 | tián | sweet; (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely |
| 真 | zhēn | really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine |
| 好吃 | hǎo chī | tasty; delicious |
| 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); (… |
| 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) |
| 一口气 | yī kǒu qì | one breath; in one breath; at a stretch |
| 把 | bǎ | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the ob… |
| 整 | zhěng | (bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly; (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat; (bound form) to put in… |
| 个 | gě | used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]; variant of 個|个[ge4] |
| 吃完 | chī wán | to finish eating |
| 可是 | kě shì | but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama; mommy; mother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
| 说 | shuì | to persuade; variant of 說|说[shuo1] |
| 不 | bù | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- |
| 能 | Néng | surname Neng |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly- |
| 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 |
| 会 | huì | can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Tai… |
| 拉 | lā | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels |
| 肚 | dǔ | tripe |
| 子 | zǐ | son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders o… |
| 要 | yāo | (bound form) to demand; to coerce |
| 丢 | dīu | to lose; to put aside; to throw |
| 进 | jìn | to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential com… |
| 垃 | la | used in 垃圾[la1 ji1] |
| 圾 | ji | used in 垃圾[la1 ji1] |
| 桶 | tóng | bucket; barrel (of oil etc) |
| 可不 | kě bu | see 可不是[ke3 bu5 shi4] |
| 随 | Suí | surname Sui |
| 便 | biàn | plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards |
| 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 |
| 扔 | reng | to throw |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom) |
| 踩 | cái | to step on; to tread; to stamp |
| 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… |
| 上面 | shàng miàn | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shang4 mian5] |
| 摔 | shuai | to throw down; to drop and break |
| 倒 | dǎo | to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit |
I eat a lot of fruit, but my favorite is watermelon.
Watermelon is round, and has a striped green design [on it], like a leather ball.
When you break open a watermelon, it’s surrounded by white skin, in the middle is bright red pulp. Take a bite, it’s so sweet, it’s delicious. I’d love to eat it all up in one mouthful, but mama says you can’t each too much watermelon, if you eat too much you’ll have diarrhea.
When you finish eating the watermelon, you have to drop the skin in the trash can, you can’t just carelessly litter, because if a person steps on it they can slip and fall.