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fu4qin |
father |
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ni3 fu4qin |
your father |
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duo1 |
how [QW] |
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da4 |
be big, old (of people) |
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duo1 da4 |
how old |
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nian2ji |
age |
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duo1 da4 nian2ji |
how many years old |
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ta1 duo1 da4 nian2ji le |
how old is he |
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Zhe4 shi4 ni3 fu4qin1 ma? Ta1 duo1 da4 nian2ji le? |
Is this your father? How old is he? |
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xiang3 |
think |
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kan4 |
look, see |
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xiang2xiang3 kan4 |
try to think |
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wo3 xiang2xiang kan4 |
I will try to think |
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jin1nian2 |
this year |
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sui4 |
year of age |
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wu3shisan1sui4 |
fifty-three years old |
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ta1 jin1nian2 wu3shisan1sui4 le |
he this year is 53 years old |
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wu3shisi4sui |
fifty-four years old |
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Wo3 xiang2xiang kan4. Ta1 jin1nian2 wu3shisan1sui4 le - bu4, wu3shisi4sui4 le. |
Let me try to think. He's fifty-three this year - no, fifty-four. |
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O4. Na4, zhei4wei4 shi ni3 mu3qin1 ba? |
Oh. So I suppose this must be your mother? |
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Dui4, ta1 jin1nian2 si4shiba1sui4 le. |
Right, she's forty-eight this year. |
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Zhe4 shi ni3 mei4mei, dui4 bu dui4? Ta1 hen3 ke3'ai4! Ta1 ji3sui4 le? |
This is your younger sister, right? She's cute! How old is she? |
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ta1 ba1sui4 |
she is eight years old |
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xia4 |
next |
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xia4ge |
next |
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yue4 |
month |
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xia4ge yue4 |
next month |
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jiu4 |
then |
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xia4ge yue4 jiu4 jiu3sui4 le |
next month then will be nine |
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Ta basui4. Xia4ge yue4 jiu4 jiu3sui4 le. |
She's eight years old. She'll be nine next month. |
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di4di |
younger brother |
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shang4 |
last |
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shang4ge |
last |
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shang4ge yue4 |
last month |
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Wo3 di4di shang4ge yue4 hen3 mang2. |
My younger brother was busy last month. |
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mei2you3 |
not have; there is/are not |
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ge1ge |
older brother |
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wo3 mei2you3 ge1ge |
I don't have an older brother |
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jie3jie |
older sister |
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ye3 mei2you3 jie3jie |
also don't have an older sister |
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Wo3 mei2you3 ge1ge, ye3 mei2you3 jie3jie. |
I have neither older brothers nor older sisters. |
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cai1 |
guess |
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cai1cai kan4 |
try to guess |
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Ni3 caicai kan! |
You try to guess! |
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xiao4 |
laugh, laugh at |
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bie2 xiao4 |
don't laugh |
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Ni3 bie2 xiao4 wo3. |
Don't laugh at me. |
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pa4 |
fear |
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pa4 bu pa4 |
fear or not fear |
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Ni3 pa4 bu pa4 lao3shi? |
Are you afraid of your teacher? |
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ke3pa4 |
be frightful, terrible |
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ke3xiao4 |
be laughable, funny |
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Ta1 hen3 ke3pa4, ni3 hen3 ke3xiao4. |
He frightens me, but you're ridiculous. |
