一个男人去洗手间。
第一间有人，他就去了第二间。
他刚坐下，就听见旁边有人问：“你好，你还好吗？
”男人觉得很奇怪，但是还是回答：“我还好。
”旁边的人又问：“你在做什么？
”男人更奇怪了，但还是回答：“我在上厕所。
”这时，旁边的人说：“我等一下再给你打电话。
我旁边有一个很奇怪的人，我跟你说话，他一直回答我。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 男人 | nán rén | a man / a male / men |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 洗手间 | xǐ shǒu jiān | toilet / lavatory / washroom |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 间 | jiān | classifier for rooms |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 二 | èr | two / 2 |
| 刚 | gāng | just / barely / exactly |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit |
| 下 | xià | to decline / to go down |
| 听见 | tīng jiàn | to hear |
| 旁边 | páng biān | side; adjacent place |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 你好 | nǐ hǎo | hello; hi |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 奇怪 | qí guài | strange / odd |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 还是 | hái shi | still (as before) |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer / reply; answer |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again |
| 在 | zài | (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 上 | shàng | to climb; to get onto; to go up |
| 厕所 | cè suǒ | toilet; lavatory |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 时 | shí | o'clock / time / hour / season / period |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 等 | děng | to wait for; to await |
| 一下 | yī xià | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) |
| 再 | zài | again; once more; re- |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 打电话 | dǎ diàn huà | to make a telephone call |
| 跟 | gēn | with / compared with / to / towards |
| 说话 | shuō huà | to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always; all the way through |