警察：喝酒了？
司机：没有！
警察：为什么有酒味？
司机：喝了杯啤酒。
警察：啤酒也是酒。
司机：请问蜗牛是牛吗？
警察：不是。
司机：请问酱油是油吗？
警察：不是。
司机：姑娘是娘吗？
警察：不是。
司机：啤酒是酒吗？
警察：不是。
司机：那我喝的不是酒，可以走了。
警察：…
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 警察 | jǐng chá | police; police officer |
| 喝 | hē | to drink |
| 酒 | jiǔ | wine (esp. rice wine) / liquor / spirits / alcoholic beverage |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 司机 | sī jī | chauffeur; driver |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't / hasn't |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why? / for what reason? |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 味 | wèi | taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense |
| 杯 | bēi | classifier for certain containers of liquids |
| 啤酒 | pí jiǔ | beer (loanword) |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 请 | qǐng | please (do sth) |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 蜗牛 | wō niú | snail |
| 牛 | niú | ox / cow / bull / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿) |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 酱油 | jiàng yóu | soy sauce |
| 油 | yóu | oil / fat / grease / petroleum |
| 姑娘 | gū niang | girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) |
| 娘 | niáng | mother / young lady |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 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) |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / to change (shape, form, meaning) |