孩子经常找爸爸妈妈要钱买东西。
这一天，孩子又找爸爸要钱。
孩子说：爸爸，给我五毛钱吧，我想买吃的东西。
爸爸说：你10岁了，已经长大了。
昨天你要了五毛钱，今天你又要五毛钱，明天还要五毛钱，这样不好吧？
大孩子会这样做吗？
孩子想了想，说：爸爸你说得对，这样不好。
我是大孩子了，那你今天给我五块钱吧！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 经常 | jīng cháng | frequently; constantly; regularly; often |
| 找 | zhǎo | to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 要 | yào | to want; to need; to ask for |
| 钱 | qián | coin / money / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy / to purchase |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 给 | gěi | to give |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 五 | wǔ | five / 5 |
| 毛 | máo | classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit (= 角) |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 长 | zhǎng | to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 昨天 | zuó tiān | yesterday |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 明天 | míng tiān | tomorrow |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | this way; like this; so |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 对 | duì | right; correct |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 块 | kuài | classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units |