DIALOGUE

在超市

儿子：妈妈，这是什么？
妈妈：黑豆。
儿子：黑豆不好吃。我不喜欢黑色的豆子。这个叫什么？
妈妈：绿豆。
儿子：我要喝绿豆汤。
妈妈：好。我们买点儿绿豆。今天晚上喝绿豆汤。
儿子：妈妈，这个黄色的豆子叫什么？
妈妈：叫黄豆，也可以叫大豆。我们可以用黄豆做豆浆，也可以做豆腐和豆芽。
儿子：你会做豆腐吗？
妈妈：豆腐很难做。我们买豆腐。
儿子：这个叫什么？
妈妈：红豆。
儿子：那个小的呢？它跟绿豆一样大，圆圆的，但是是红色的。
妈妈：那个叫赤小豆，也叫红小豆。“赤”也是红的意思。

PINYIN

Zài chāoshì

Érzi: Māma, zhè shì shénme?
Māma: Hēidòu.
Érzi: Hēidòu bù hǎochī. Wǒ bù xǐhuān hēisè de dòuzi. Zhège jiào shénme?
Māma: Lǜdòu.
Érzi: Wǒ yào hē lǜdòutāng.
Māma: Hǎo. Wǒmen mǎi diǎnr lǜdòu. Jīntiān wǎnshàng hē lǜdòutāng.
Érzi: Māma, zhège huángsè de dòuzi jiào shénme?
Māma: Jiào huángdòu, yě kěyǐ jiào dàdòu. Wǒmen kěyǐ yòng huángdòu zuò dòujiāng, yě kěyǐ zuò dòufu hé dòuyá.
Érzi: Nǐ huì zuò dòufu ma?
Māma: Dòufu hěn nánzuò. Wǒmen mǎi dòufu.
Érzi: Zhège jiào shénme?
Māma: Hóngdòu.
Érzi: Nàgè xiǎode ne? Tā gēn lǜdòu yíyàng dà, yuán yuán de, dànshì shì hóngsè de.
Māma: Nàgè jiào chìxiǎodòu, yě jiào hóng xiǎodòu. "Chì" yěshì hóng de yìsi.

TRANSLATION

In the supermarket

Son: Mom, what's this?
Mom: Black bean.
Son: Black beans are not tasty. I am not fond of black beans. What is this called?
Mom: Mung bean.
Son: I want to drink mung bean soup.
Mom: Okay. Let's buy some mung beans, and we will drink mung bean soup tonight.
Son: Mom, what is the yellow bean called?
Mom: It's called soybean, also soya. We can make soybean milk, even tofu and bean sprouts through soybeans.
Son: Can you make tofu?
Mom: Tofu is hard to make. We buy tofu.
Son: What is this called?
Mom: Red bean.
Son: What about that small ones? They are as big as mung beans, round but red.
Mom: That is called "small red bean" and "small chi bean." "Chi" is also the meaning of red.

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