妈妈生日那天，一进家门就看见桌子上放着一碗面条。
妈妈非常高兴，她觉得这是儿子送她的礼物。
这时，儿子拿着一双筷子从厨房走出来，妈妈笑着说：“儿子，这是你给我的生日礼物吗？
”“是的，妈妈，礼物就是我自己会做饭了！
你喜欢这个礼物吗？
”说完，儿子大口吃了起来。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 生日 | shēng rì | birthday |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 一 | yī | as soon as |
| 进 | jìn | to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 门 | mén | gate / door / gateway / doorway / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |
| 就 | jiù | as soon as; immediately after |
| 看见 | kàn jiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 桌子 | zhuō zi | table / desk |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 放 | fàng | to put / to place |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 碗 | wǎn | bowl / cup |
| 面条 | miàn tiáo | noodles |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy / glad / in a cheerful mood |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 儿子 | ér zi | son |
| 送 | sòng | to give (as a present) |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 礼物 | lǐ wù | gift; present |
| 时 | shí | o'clock / time / hour / season / period |
| 拿 | ná | to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take |
| 双 | shuāng | pair |
| 筷子 | kuài zi | chopsticks |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 厨房 | chú fáng | kitchen |
| 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) |
| 出 | chū | (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) |
| 来 | lái | hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker) |
| 笑 | xiào | to laugh; to smile |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 给 | gěi | to give |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 会 | huì | can; to have the skill; to know how to |
| 做饭 | zuò fàn | to prepare a meal / to cook |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 完 | wán | to finish / to be over |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 口 | kǒu | classifier for things with mouths / classifier for bites or mouthfuls |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement / indicating completion / expressing preliminary judgment |