In this dialogue, Xiao Ming (小明) asks his mom for help finding his stuffed animal.
小明：妈妈，我的小熊在哪里？
妈妈：你的小熊？它不在你的床上吗？
小明：不在。我看了，床上没有。
妈妈：桌子下面呢？
小明：我去看看。哦，不在桌子下面。
妈妈：你今天去哪里了？
小明：我去了客厅。
妈妈：去客厅看看吧。
小明：找到了！小熊在沙发后面！谢谢妈妈！
妈妈：不客气。小熊很可爱！
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小熊 | xiǎo xióng | little bear |
| 床 | chuáng | bed |
| 桌子 | zhuō zi5 | table |
| 下面 | xià miàn | under/below |
| 后面 | hòu miàn | behind |
| 沙发 | shā fā | sofa |
| 找到 | zhǎo dào | to find |
| 可爱 | kě ài | cute |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny; few; young |
| 明 | Míng | Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama; mommy; mother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 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… |
| 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) |
| 哪 | nǎ | how; which |
| 里 | lǐ | variant of 裡|里[li3]; lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]; surname Li |
| 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.) |
| 它 | tā | it; it (pronoun for an animal) |
| 不 | bù | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- |
| 上 | shǎng | used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1] |
| 吗 | má | (coll.) what? |
| 看 | kān | to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard |
| 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 |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be |
| 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… |
| 我去 | wǒ qù | (slang) what the ...!; oh my god!; that's insane! |
| 看看 | kàn kan | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon |
| 哦 | ō | to chant |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today; the present time; now |
| 去 | qù | to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part);… |
| 客厅 | kè tīng | living room; sitting room; CL:間|间[jian1] |
| 吧 | bā | bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1] |
| 谢谢 | xiè xie | to thank; thanks; thank you |
| 不客气 | bù kè qi | you're welcome; don't mention it; impolite; rude; blunt |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) |
Xiao Ming: Mom, where is my little bear?
Mom: Your little bear? Isn’t it on your bed?
Xiao Ming: No. I looked, it’s not on the bed.
Mom: How about under the table?
Xiao Ming: Let me go look. Oh, it’s not under the table.
Mom: Where did you go today?
Xiao Ming: I went to the living room.
Mom: Why don’t you go look in the living room.
Xiao Ming: Found it! The little bear is behind the sofa! Thank you, Mom!
Mom: You’re welcome. The little bear is very cute!