在中国，送礼物给朋友需要特别小心，有些礼物可能会让你的中国朋友不太开心。
一般情况下，我们不会送钟给朋友，因为“送钟”听起来和“送终”一样，只有老人去世时才会这么说。
如果你想送帽子，别送绿色的帽子，因为“绿帽子”在汉语中表示这个人被自己的爱人背叛了。
如果你想送花，菊花不是一个好的选择，因为这是给死人的花。
伞和梨子也最好不要送，因为“伞”听起来像“散”，“梨”听起来像“离”，都有分离、分手的意思，不太吉利。
你觉得送什么礼物给中国朋友好呢？
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 送 | sòng | to give (as a present) |
| 礼物 | lǐ wù | gift; present |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require |
| 特别 | tè bié | very; especially; particularly / in particular |
| 小心 | xiǎo xīn | to be careful / to take care |
| 有些 | yǒu xiē | some |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 开心 | kāi xīn | to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time |
| 一般 | yī bān | generally / in general |
| 情况 | qíng kuàng | circumstances; state of affairs; situation |
| 下 | xià | down / downwards / below |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 钟 | zhōng | a (large) bell / clock / amount of time; o'clock |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement / indicating completion / expressing preliminary judgment |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 送终 | sòng zhōng | to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member; to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |
| 只有 | zhǐ yǒu | (只有……才……) it is only if ... (that one can ...) / it is only (someone) who ... |
| 老人 | lǎo rén | old man or woman / the elderly |
| 去世 | qù shì | to pass away / to die |
| 时 | shí | when |
| 才 | cái | then and only then |
| 这么 | zhè me | this way / like this |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 帽子 | mào zi | hat / cap / (fig.) label / bad name |
| 别 | bié | don't ...! / (noun suffix) category |
| 绿色 | lǜ sè | green |
| 绿 | lǜ | (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend) |
| 汉语 | Hàn yǔ | Chinese language |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 表示 | biǎo shì | (of sb) to express; to state; to show / (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 爱人 | ài ren | spouse / lover |
| 背叛 | bèi pàn | to betray |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 花 | huā | flower / blossom / fancy pattern |
| 菊花 | jú huā | chrysanthemum / (TCM) chrysanthemum flower / (slang) anus |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 选择 | xuǎn zé | choice; option; alternative |
| 死 | sǐ | to die |
| 伞 | sǎn | umbrella / parasol |
| 梨子 | lí zi | pear |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 最好 | zuì hǎo | had better ...; it would be best to ... |
| 不要 | bù yào | don't!; must not |
| 像 | xiàng | to resemble / to be like / to look as if |
| 散 | sàn | to scatter / to break up / to disperse / to disseminate / to dispel / (coll.) to sack |
| 梨 | lí | pear |
| 离 | lí | to leave / to part from / to be away from |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 分离 | fēn lí | to separate |
| 分手 | fēn shǒu | to part company / to split up / to break up |
| 意思 | yì si | idea / opinion / meaning |
| 吉利 | jí lì | auspicious / lucky / propitious |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |