小王从学校回家，妈妈问他今天怎么样，他告诉妈妈：“今天有一个孩子掉进水里了，同学们都大笑，只有我没笑。
”妈妈很高兴：“好孩子，我们当然不能笑别人。
谁掉进水里了？
”小王说：“我。
”
Hover a word for its pinyin & meaning; click to pin it.
narration saved locally, offline — from https://download.mandarinbean.com/audio?source=aHR0cHM6Ly90cmFmZmljLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vc2VjdXJlL2xlYXJuY2hpbmVzZS8xMDY2Lm1wMw&filename=I-Didnt-Laugh.mp3&signature=9c2745594305cb1ce7f6861e6df6ac20b404bbdff530f7c16b0ae578c8b39420
| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 小王 | xiǎo wáng | Xiao Wang; a common way to refer to someone surnamed Wang |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 学校 | xué xiào | school |
| 回 | huí | to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 怎么样 | zěn me yàng | how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things? |
| 告诉 | gào su | to tell; to inform; to let know |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 掉 | diào | to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) |
| 进 | jìn | to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit |
| 水 | shuǐ | water / (after a name) ... River / (bound form) additional cost; extra income |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 同学 | tóng xué | fellow student / classmate |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 大 | dà | greatly; freely; fully |
| 笑 | xiào | to laugh; to smile |
| 只有 | zhǐ yǒu | only have ...; there is only ... |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy / glad / in a cheerful mood |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 当然 | dāng rán | certainly / of course / without doubt |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 别人 | bié rén | other people; others; other person |
| 谁 | shéi | who |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |