今天爸爸妈妈不在家，我和弟弟妹妹在家。
妹妹想喝可乐，吃米饭；
弟弟想喝茶，吃面条；
我想喝咖啡，吃面包。
但是我不会做米饭和面条，他们不喜欢面包，这是个问题。
爸爸妈妈什么时候回家呢？
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 弟弟 | dì di | younger brother |
| 妹妹 | mèi mei | younger sister / young woman |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 喝 | hē | to drink |
| 可乐 | kě lè | (loanword) cola |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 米饭 | mǐ fàn | (cooked) rice |
| 茶 | chá | tea / tea plant |
| 面条 | miàn tiáo | noodles |
| 咖啡 | kā fēi | (loanword) coffee |
| 面包 | miàn bāo | bread |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 会 | huì | can; to have the skill; to know how to |
| 做 | zuò | to make; to produce |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 回家 | huí jiā | to return home |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |