老师问小明：“你爸爸今年多少岁？
”小明说：“和我一样大，他今年七岁。
”老师问：“为什么？
”小明说：“因为他在我出生的那一天，才变成爸爸的呀！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 小明 | xiǎo míng | a placeholder personal name, literally “Little Ming”; often used like “John Doe” in examples |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 多少 | duō shao | how much?; how many? / what number? |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 七 | qī | seven / 7 |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why? / for what reason? |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 出生 | chū shēng | to be born |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 才 | cái | then and only then |
| 变成 | biàn chéng | to change into / to turn into / to become |
| 呀 | ya | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) |