The Thirsty Girl

📖 CEFR Level: A1 | Mandarin Chinese

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Anna is very thirsty.

ānfēichángkǒu

安娜非常口渴。

She looks at the water.

kànzheshuǐ

她看着水。

She looks at the milk.

kànzheniúnǎi

她看着牛奶。

She looks at the juice.

kànzheguǒzhī

她看着果汁。

She does not know what to drink.

zhīdàoyàoshénme

她不知道要喝什么。

Her mom asks, 'What do you want?'

mawènxiǎngyàoshénme

她妈妈问:“你想要什么?”

Anna thinks for a minute.

ānxiǎnglehuìer

安娜想了一会儿。

She smiles at her mom.

duìmaxiàolexiào

她对妈妈笑了笑。

'I want water, please,' she says.

shuōqǐnggěishuǐ

她说:“请给我水。”

Anna drinks the water and is happy.

ānleshuǐhěnkāixīn

安娜喝了水,很开心。

📚 Vocabulary

thirsty — needing or wanting to drink something

kǒukě

口渴 (kǒukě) — 需要或想要喝东西
looks — directs one's eyes toward something

kànzhe

看着 (kànzhe) — 将视线投向某物
water — a clear liquid for drinking

shuǐ

水 (shuǐ) — 用于饮用的透明液体
milk — a white liquid from cows for drinking

niúnǎi

牛奶 (niúnǎi) — 来自奶牛用于饮用的白色液体
juice — a drink made from fruit

guǒzhī

果汁 (guǒzhī) — 用水果制成的饮料
drink — to take liquid into your mouth and swallow it

喝 (hē) — 将液体送入口中并咽下
mom — a mother

māma

妈妈 (māma) — 母亲
asks — says something to get an answer

wèn

问 (wèn) — 说些什么以得到回答
wants — desires or wishes for something

xiǎngyào

想要 (xiǎngyào) — 渴望或希望得到某物
thinks — uses the mind to consider something

xiǎng

想 (xiǎng) — 用头脑思考某事
minute — a period of sixty seconds

yīhuìr

一会儿 (yīhuìr) — 六十秒的一段时间
smiles — makes a happy expression with the mouth

wēixiào

微笑 (wēixiào) — 用嘴做出快乐的表情
says — speaks words

shuō

说 (shuō) — 说出话语
please — a polite word used when asking for something

qǐng

请 (qǐng) — 请求某事时使用的礼貌用语
happy — feeling good or pleased

kāixīn

开心 (kāixīn) — 感觉良好或高兴
very — to a high degree

fēicháng

非常 (fēicháng) — 达到很高的程度
know — to have information in your mind

zhīdào

知道 (zhīdào) — 头脑中拥有信息
her — belonging to a female person

tāde

她的 (tāde) — 属于一位女性
what — asking for information about something

shénme

什么 (shénme) — 询问关于某事的信息
and — used to join words or parts of sentences

和 (hé) — 用于连接词语或句子成分