今天是5月20日，好朋友的生日就要到了，时间过得真快。
我不知道她准备做什么。
但是我想她可以去杭州旅游。
杭州很不错，我去过一次。
从北京到杭州也不远，飞机火车都很方便。
这肯定会是个特别的生日。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 日 | rì | sun / day / date, day of the month |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 生日 | shēng rì | birthday |
| 就 | jiù | to approach; to move towards |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 过 | guò | to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 真 | zhēn | really / truly / indeed |
| 快 | kuài | rapid / quick |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 准备 | zhǔn bèi | to prepare / to intend / to be about to |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 杭州 | Háng zhōu | Hangzhou, a city in Zhejiang Province, China. |
| 旅游 | lǚ yóu | to travel |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 不错 | bù cuò | not bad / pretty good |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 北京 | Běi jīng | Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 远 | yuǎn | far / distant / remote |
| 飞机 | fēi jī | airplane |
| 火车 | huǒ chē | train |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 方便 | fāng biàn | convenient; suitable |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 肯定 | kěn dìng | assuredly; definitely |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 特别 | tè bié | unusual; special |