Learn Mandarin Online Mini Story – 分手 Breakup [3] (Beginner to Elementary)
Posted by Grace Feng on September 22, 2012
This Learn Chinese short story is written for beginner to elementary level readers. Sentence patterns are simple. You can learn a few new words along your reading. No pressure, take your time. I assume most of my readers are adults or even older teenagers. You really don’t need to start with kids’ stories. I hope my short stories can give you some simple Chinese to read in adulthood.
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[simplified Chinese and pinyin]
fēn shŏu
分 手 (3)
” bùshìma? xīn, měicì nǐ shuō yàokàn diànyǐng, wǒ jiù
shuō, hǎo, kàn diànyǐng。。。
“不是吗? 莘,每次你说要看电影,我就说,好,看电影。。。
“Isn’t it? Xin, every time you say let’s go watch a movie, I’d say, OK, let’s go watch it…
nǐ shuō yào chī Chuāncài, wǒ jiù shuō, hǎo, chī
Chuāncài。…”
你说要吃川菜,我就说,好,吃川菜。…”
You say let’s eat SiChuan food, I’d say, OK, let’s go eat it. …”
“ jīntiān xiàwǔ nǐ shuō” fēnshǒu!”, wǒ jiù hěn shǎ de
chóngfù le yījù, ‘hǎo, fēnshǒu!’。 shuō wán wǒ jiù
míngbai wǒ wán le。”
“今天下午你说’分手!’,我就很傻的重复了一句,’好,分手!’。说完我就明白我完了。
“
“This afternoon you said “Break up!”, I was stupid enough to echo that, “OK, let’s break up!” The moment I said it I knew I was totally screwed.”
xīn rěnbuzhù zài diànhuà lǐ xiào chū le shēng。
莘忍不住在电话里笑出了声。
Xin couldn’t help laughing in the phone.
zhèhuìr nǚren kāikǒu le” shǎguā, yòu hējiǔ le?”
这会儿女人开口了”傻瓜,又喝酒了?”
This time it’s the woman’s turn to ask:” Silly, you drink again?”
” èn, fēnshǒu de jiǔ bùhǎo hē, hěn kǔ。”
“嗯,分手的酒不好喝,很苦。”
“En, the “breakup” wine doesn’t taste good, too bitter.”
” nà děng wǒ kāihuì huílai péi nǐ hē。。。 wǒ míngtiān
jiù huílai le。”
“那等我开会回来陪你喝。。。我明天就回来了。”
“Then wait for me to drink with you after my meeting…. I’ll be back tomorrow.”
” wǒ huì zài zhàntái shàngděng nǐ。。。 xīn, wǒ ài nǐ。。。”
“我会在站台上等你。。。莘,我爱你。。
。”
“I’ll be waiting for you on the platform… Xin, I love you …”
” wǒmen zàiyě bùfēn shǒu le, hǎo ma?”
“我们再也不分手了,好吗?”
“We do NOT break up again, OK?”
” tīng nǐ de, wǒmen zàiyě bùfēn shǒu。”
“听你的,我们再也不分手。”
“Agree, we won’t break up again.”
yè, kāishǐ biànnuǎn。。。
夜, 开始变暖。。。
Night, is getting warmer …
[simplified Chinese without pinyin]
分 手 (3)
“不是吗? 莘,每次你说要看电影,我就说,好,看电影。
你说要吃川菜,我就说,好,吃川菜。…”
“今天下午你说”分手!”,我就很傻的重复了一句,”好,分手!”。说完我就明白我完了。”
莘忍不住在电话里笑出了声。
这会儿女人开口了”傻瓜,又喝酒了?”
“嗯,分手的酒不好喝,很苦。”
“那等我开会回来陪你喝。。。我明天就回来了。”
“我会在站台上等你。。。莘,我爱你。。
。”
“我们再也不分手了,好吗?”
“听你的,我们再也不分手。”
夜, 开始变暖。。。
[traditional Chinese]
分 手 (3)
“不是嗎? 莘,每次你說要看電影,我就說,好,看電影。
你說要吃川菜,我就說,好,吃川菜。…”
“今天下午你說”分手!”,我就很傻的重複了一句,”好,分手!”。說完我就明白我完了。”
莘忍不住在電話里笑出了聲。
這會兒女人開口了”傻瓜,又喝酒了?”
“嗯,分手的酒不好喝,很苦。”
“那等我開會回來陪你喝。。。我明天就回來了。”
“我會在站台上等你。。。莘,我愛你。。
。”
“我們再也不分手了,好嗎?”
“聽你的,我們再也不分手。”
夜, 開始變暖。。。
[vocabulary table]
| Simplified Chinese | Traditional Chinese | Mandarin Pinyin | English Definition |
| 每次 | 每次 | mei3 ci4 | every time; |
| 电影 | 電影 | dian4 ying3 | movie; film; |
| 吃 | 吃 | chi1 | to eat; to consume; |
| 川菜 | 川菜 | Chuan1 cai4 | Sichuan or Szechuan cuisine; |
| 今天 | 今天 | jin1 tian1 | today; at the present; now; |
| 下午 | 下午 | xia4 wu3 | afternoon |
| 傻 | 傻 | sha3 | foolish; |
| 重复 | 重複 | chong2 fu4 | to repeat; to duplicate; |
| 一句 | 一句 | yi1 ju4 | a line of verse; a sentence; |
| 完 | 完 | wan2 | to finish; to be over; |
| 明白 | 明白 | ming2 bai5 | to understand; to realize; |
| 在 | 在 | zai4 | (located) at; (to be) in; |
| 笑 | 笑 | xiao4 | laugh; smile; |
| 声 | 聲 | sheng1 | sound; voice; tone; noise; classifier for sounds; |
| 这会儿 | 這會兒 | zhe4 hui4 er2 | this time; at this moment; |
| 开口 | 開口 | kai1 kou3 | to open one’s mouth; to start to talk; |
| 傻瓜 | 傻瓜 | sha3 gua1 | idiot; fool; |
| 喝酒 | 喝酒 | he1 jiu3 | to drink (alcohol); |
| 嗯 | 嗯 | en1 | sound for “Yes”; (a groaning sound); |
| 苦 | 苦 | ku3 | bitter |
| 等 | 等 | deng3 | to wait for |
| 开会 | 開會 | kai1 hui4 | to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting; |
| 回来 | 回來 | hui2 lai5 | to return; to come back; |
| 陪 | 陪 | pei2 | to accompany; to keep sb company; |
| 会 | 會 | hui4 | can; will; |
| 站台 | 站台 | zhan4 tai2 | platform (at a railway station); |
| 开始 | 開始 | kai1 shi3 | to begin; to start; |
| 变暖 | 變暖 | bian4 nuan3 | warming; changing to become warmer; |
- The End -
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2 Responses to “Learn Mandarin Online Mini Story – 分手 Breakup [3] (Beginner to Elementary)”
白睿:
09-22-2012 12:19 pm
哎哟,辛,你别回他那家去啊!:)
Andy:
04-28-2013 3:59 am
Intense story. Keep it up!