妈妈买了两块蛋糕，对哥哥和妹妹说：你们两个人每人吃一块蛋糕。
哥哥不高兴，说：我是哥哥，我更高，年纪更大，我要吃两块。
妈妈说：好的。
然后妈妈用刀切蛋糕，哥哥的蛋糕就从一块变成了两块。
妈妈说：现在你有两块蛋糕了，吃吧！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy / to purchase |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 块 | kuài | classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units |
| 蛋糕 | dàn gāo | cake |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 哥哥 | gē ge | older brother |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 妹妹 | mèi mei | younger sister / young woman |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy / glad / in a cheerful mood |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 年纪 | nián jì | age |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 要 | yào | to want; to need; to ask for |
| 好 | hǎo | all right! |
| 的 | de | emphatic particle (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 刀 | dāo | knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass / (slang) (loanword) dollar |
| 切 | qiē | to cut; to slice; to carve |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 变成 | biàn chéng | to change into / to turn into / to become |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |