Chinese Joke中国笑话:Three Kinds of Stupid Birds 三种笨鸟
朋友一个儿子,五岁,那天不好好学习,被朋友修理了,头上多了一个包。然后他儿子自言自语地说:“这世上有几种笨鸟,一种是先飞,一种是不飞,还有一种是下个蛋,把希望寄托在下一代。” 后来他儿子的头上又多了一个包。
Pinyin Romanization
Péngyǒu yī ge érzi, suì, nèitiān bù hǎohǎo xuéxí, bèi péngyǒu xiūlǐle, tóu shàng duōle yīgè bāo. Ránhòu tā ér zǐ zì yán zì yǔ de shuō:“Zhè shìshàng yǒu jǐ zhǒng bèn niǎo, yī zhǒng shì xiān fēi, yī zhǒng shì bù fēi, hái yǒuyī zhǒng shì xià gè dàn, bǎ xīwàng jìtuō zài xià yīdài.” Hòulái tā érzi De tóu shàng yòu duōle yīgè bāo.
English Translation
A friend has a five-year-old boy. That day he was not studying well, so the father gave him some discipline, which caused him to have a lump on his head. Then the boy said, “there are several types of stupid birds in the world: One type tries to fly first, one type doesn’t fly, and one type hatches an egg and puts all its hopes on the next generation. Then another lump appeared on the boy’s head.
ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition |
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ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition |
1 | 朋友 | péng you | friend; Classifiers: 个 | |
2 | 一个 | 一個 | yī gè | a; an |
3 | 儿子 | 兒子 | ér zi | son |
4 | 五 | wǔ | five; 5 | |
5 | 岁 | 嵗, 歲 | suì | variant of 岁 , year; years old; classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests) |
6 | 那天 | nà tiān | that day; the other day | |
7 | 不 | bù | (negative prefix); not; no | |
8 | 好好 | hǎo hǎo | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
9 | 学习 | 學習 | xué xí | to learn; to study |
10 | 被 | bèi | by; (indicates passive-voice clauses) | |
11 | 朋友 | péng you | friend; Classifiers: 个 | |
12 | 修理 | xiū lǐ | to repair; to perform maintenance; to overhaul; to fix; to prune; to trim; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb | |
13 | 了 | le | (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker) | |
14 | 头上 | 頭上 | tóu shàng | overhead; above; on the head |
15 | 多 | duō | many; much; often; a lot of; numerous; more; in excess; how (to what extent); multi-; Taiwan pr. when it means “how” | |
16 | 包 | bāo | a lump; to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; Classifiers: 个 | |
17 | 然后 | 然後 | rán hòu | after; then (afterwards); after that; afterwards |
18 | 他 | tā | he or him; (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb’s name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); other; another | |
19 | 自言自语 | 自言自語 | zì yán zìyǔ | to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize |
20 | 地 | de | -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct | |
21 | 说 | 說 | shuō | to say; to speak |
22 | 这 | 這 | zhè | this; these; (commonly pr. before a classifier, esp. in Beijing) |
23 | 世上 | shì shàng | on earth | |
24 | 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be | |
25 | 几 | 幾 | jǐ | a few; several |
26 | 种 | 種 | zhǒng | seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
27 | 笨 | bèn | stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy | |
28 | 鸟 | 鳥 | niǎo | bird |
29 | 一 | yī | one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; also pr. for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit | |
30 | 种 | 種 | zhǒng | seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
31 | 是 | shì | is; are; am; yes; to be; variant of 是 ; (used in given names) | |
32 | 先 | xiān | early; prior; former; in advance; first | |
33 | 飞 | 飛 | fēi | to fly |
34 | 不 | bù | (negative prefix); not; no | |
35 | 还有 | 還有 | hái yǒu | furthermore; in addition; still; also |
36 | 下 | xià | down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action | |
37 | 蛋 | dàn | egg; oval-shaped; Classifiers: 个 | |
38 | 把 | bǎ | to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of; handle; particle marking the following noun as a direct object; classifier for objects with handle; classifier for small objects: handful | |
39 | 希望 | xī wàng | to wish for; to desire; hope; Classifiers: 个 | |
40 | 寄托 | 寄託 | jì tuō | to have sb look after sb; to entrust the care of sb; to place (hope etc) on |
41 | 在 | zài | (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress) | |
42 | 下一代 | xià yī dài | the next generation | |
43 | 后来 | 後來 | hòu lái | afterwards; later |
44 | 头 | 頭 | tóu | head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; Classifiers: 个 |
45 | 上 | shǎng | see 上声 | |
46 | 又 | yòu | (once) again; also; both… and…; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway | |
47 | 多 | duō | many; much; often; a lot of; numerous; more; in excess; how (to what extent); multi-; Taiwan pr. when it means “how” |