商店的服务员阿姨觉得妈妈看起来很年轻，爸爸也很高兴。
他们开始猜阿姨多大年纪。
阿姨说，"你们猜猜我多少岁？
"妈妈想了想，说："我觉得你四十岁左右。
"阿姨笑了，说："不对，我今年五十岁了。
"大家都感到惊讶。
然后，他们又聊起了属相，哪年出生的问题也变得有趣起来。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 商店 | shāng diàn | store; shop |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 服务员 | fú wù yuán | waiter / waitress / attendant / customer service personnel |
| 阿姨 | ā yí | maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 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 |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement / indicating completion / expressing preliminary judgment |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 年轻 | nián qīng | young |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy / glad / in a cheerful mood |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 猜 | cāi | to guess |
| 多大 | duō dà | how old? / how big? / how much? / so big / that much |
| 年纪 | nián jì | age |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 多少 | duō shao | how much?; how many? / what number? |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 四十 | sì shí | forty / 40 |
| 左右 | zuǒ yòu | approximately |
| 笑 | xiào | to laugh; to smile |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 对 | duì | right; correct |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 五十 | wǔ shí | fifty |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 感到 | gǎn dào | to feel; to sense; to perceive |
| 惊讶 | jīng yà | amazed / astonished |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again |
| 聊 | liáo | (coll.) to chat / (literary) to depend upon |
| 起 | qǐ | verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) |
| 属相 | shǔ xiàng | colloquial term for 生肖 the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle |
| 哪 | nǎ | which |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 出生 | chū shēng | to be born |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 变 | biàn | to change / to become different / to transform / to vary |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 有趣 | yǒu qù | interesting; fascinating; amusing |