爸爸的工作很忙。
每天我还没起床，他就走了；
晚上我要睡觉了，他才回家。
昨天我生日，我就打电话问爸爸他一个小时可以赚多少钱，他有点儿不高兴。
我说：“爸爸，我现在有二十块钱，想买你一个小时，可以吗？
今天我想和你一起吃生日蛋糕。
”然后爸爸在电话里哭了。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | job / work / task |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 忙 | máng | busy |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 起床 | qǐ chuáng | to get out of bed; to get up |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 就 | jiù | as soon as; immediately after |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | in the evening |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 睡觉 | shuì jiào | to go to bed / to sleep |
| 才 | cái | just now |
| 回 | huí | to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 昨天 | zuó tiān | yesterday |
| 生日 | shēng rì | birthday |
| 打电话 | dǎ diàn huà | to make a telephone call |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 小时 | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 赚 | zhuàn | to earn / to make a profit |
| 多少 | duō shao | how much?; how many? / what number? |
| 钱 | qián | coin / money / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 点儿 | diǎn r | erhua |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy / glad / in a cheerful mood |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 二十 | èr shí | twenty; 20 |
| 块 | kuài | classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy / to purchase |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 蛋糕 | dàn gāo | cake |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 电话 | diàn huà | telephone / phone call |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 哭 | kū | to cry; to weep |