我有一个大家庭。
我的爸爸是中学老师,妈妈是护士,现在他们都已经退休了。
我没有亲兄弟姐妹,是独生女。
但是我并不孤单,因为我有两个堂哥和三个表妹,我们一起长大,非常快乐。
我以前是个公务员,后来有了孩子,我就做了家庭主妇。
我的爱人是外国人,在IT公司工作,是个程序员。
他有三个兄弟。
他的大哥非常聪明,是个大学教授。
他的二哥很高,是个运动员。
他的弟弟还是学生,现在一边打工一边读大学。
我的公公是银行职员,我的婆婆是超市的营业员,现在都七十多岁了,还在工作。
你的家庭怎么样?
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 家庭 | jiā tíng | family; household |
| 我的 | wǒ de | my; mine |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 中学 | zhōng xué | middle school |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 护士 | hù shi | nurse |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 退休 | tuì xiū | to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | to not have |
| 亲 | qīn | parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / marriage / bride |
| 兄弟 | xiōng dì | brothers / younger brother / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) |
| 姐妹 | jiě mèi | sisters / siblings / sister (school, city etc) |
| 独生女 | dú shēng nǚ | a daughter who is an only child |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 并 | bìng | (not) at all |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 孤单 | gū dān | lone / lonely |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 堂哥 | táng gē | older male patrilineal cousin |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 表妹 | biǎo mèi | younger female cousin through a female relative |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |
| 长大 | zhǎng dà | to grow up |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 快乐 | kuài lè | happy; joyful |
| 以前 | yǐ qián | before / formerly / previous / ago |
| 公务员 | gōng wù yuán | civil servant; public servant |
| 后来 | hòu lái | afterwards; later |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 做 | zuò | (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) |
| 家庭主妇 | jiā tíng zhǔ fù | housewife |
| 爱人 | ài ren | spouse / lover |
| 外国人 | wài guó rén | foreigner |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 公司 | gōng sī | company; firm; corporation |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work / (of a machine) to operate |
| 程序员 | chéng xù yuán | programmer |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 他的 | tā de | his; belonging to him |
| 大哥 | dà gē | eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader; boss |
| 聪明 | cōng míng | intelligent; clever; bright / acute (of sight and hearing) |
| 大学 | dà xué | university / college |
| 教授 | jiào shòu | professor |
| 二哥 | èr gē | second brother |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 运动员 | yùn dòng yuán | athlete |
| 弟弟 | dì di | younger brother |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 学生 | xué shēng | student / schoolchild |
| 一边 | yī biān | on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while |
| 打工 | dǎ gōng | to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation |
| 读 | dú | to attend (school); to study (a subject in school) |
| 公公 | gōng gong | husband's father; father-in-law / grandpa; grandad / (old) form of address for a eunuch |
| 银行 | yín háng | bank |
| 职员 | zhí yuán | office worker / staff member |
| 婆婆 | pó po | husband's mother / mother-in-law / grandma |
| 超市 | chāo shì | supermarket (abbr. for 超級市場|超级市场[chao1 ji2 shi4 chang3]) |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 营业员 | yíng yè yuán | clerk / shop assistant |
| 七十 | qī shí | seventy / 70 |
| 多 | duō | (after a numeral) ... odd |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 你的 | nǐ de | your; yours |
| 怎么样 | zěn me yàng | how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things? |