爸爸回家后高兴地对五岁的儿子说："今天是我的生日，我们今天吃蛋糕。
”儿子问："生日是什么意思？
”爸爸回答："生日就是出生的日子。
”儿子听了，感到到很奇怪，问："爸爸，今天是你出生的日子，那你怎么马上就长这么大了呀！
”爸爸笑着回答："傻孩子，爸爸是三十年前的今天出生的！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 回 | huí | to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy / glad / in a cheerful mood |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 五 | wǔ | five / 5 |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 儿子 | ér zi | son |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 生日 | shēng rì | birthday |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 蛋糕 | dàn gāo | cake |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 意思 | yì si | idea / opinion / meaning |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer / reply; answer |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 出生 | chū shēng | to be born |
| 日子 | rì zi | day / a (calendar) date |
| 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 感到 | gǎn dào | to feel; to sense; to perceive |
| 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) |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 奇怪 | qí guài | strange / odd |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 怎么 | zěn me | how? / what? / why? |
| 马上 | mǎ shàng | at once / right away / immediately |
| 长 | zhǎng | to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance |
| 这么 | zhè me | so much / this much / how much? |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 呀 | ya | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) |
| 笑 | xiào | to laugh; to smile |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 傻 | shǎ | foolish |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 十 | shí | ten / 10 |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 前 | qián | ago / before / BC / former / formerly |