Riddle 1:
有面没有口,有脚没有手,虽有四只脚,自己不会走。
English Translation:
It has a face but no mouth, it has feet but no hands. Though it has four feet, it can’t walk by itself.
ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition |
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ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition |
1 | 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be | |
2 | 面 | 麪, 麵 | miàn | face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc; variant of 面 ; flour; noodles |
3 | 没有 | 沒有 | méi yǒu | haven’t; hasn’t; doesn’t exist; to not have; to not be |
4 | 口 | kǒu | mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls | |
5 | 脚 | 腳 | jiǎo | foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); Classifiers: 双 ; classifier for kicks |
6 | 手 | shǒu | hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; Classifiers: 双 | |
7 | 虽 | 雖 | suī | although; even though |
8 | 四 | sì | four; 4 | |
9 | 只 | 隻 | zhī | classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc |
10 | 脚 | 腳 | jiǎo | foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); Classifiers: 双 ; classifier for kicks |
11 | 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; one’s own | |
12 | 不会 | 不會 | bù huì | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (Tw) (polite response) not at all; don’t mention it |
13 | 走 | zǒu | to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 ); to change (shape, form, meaning) |