星期日，五岁的小天和妈妈一起在家看电视。
电视里说到领养孩子，小天很担心自己是被领养的孩子，所以问妈妈："妈妈，我是你领养的吗？
”"傻孩子，当然不是！
”妈妈回答。
小天高兴地说："我就知道我是你亲生的!"妈妈想和小天开个玩笑，就说："也不是，你是我捡来的！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 星期日 | Xīng qī rì | Sunday |
| 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) |
| 小天 | xiǎo tiān | a personal name, literally “little sky/heaven” |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 电视 | diàn shì | television; TV |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 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) |
| 领养 | lǐng yǎng | to adopt (a child, pet etc) |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 担心 | dān xīn | to worry / to be anxious |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 傻 | shǎ | foolish |
| 当然 | dāng rán | certainly / of course / without doubt |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer / reply; answer |
| 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 |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 亲生 | qīn shēng | one's own (child) / biological (parents) / birth (parents) |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 开 | kāi | (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 玩笑 | wán xiào | joke / jest |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 捡 | jiǎn | to pick up; to collect; to gather |
| 来 | lái | hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker) |