成人快手

Join Harry in his quest to satisfy his hunger.

I'm hungry!

Harry grips his stomach in hungry, while his friends Fatima and Zavi look on.

Harry: I’m hungry! ( Wǒ è le!)

Fatima: What do you want to eat? ( Nǐ xiǎng chī shén me?)

Fatima offers Harry green pasta and sausages.

Fatima: Here’s some green pasta ( yì miàn) with sausages ( xiāng cháng).

Harry looks disgusted at a plate of green pasta and sausages.

Harry: I don’t like ( Wǒ bù xǐ huān) green pasta or sausages.

Harry looks much happier at a plate of two fried eggs and pink potatoes.

Zavi: Ok, here’s fried eggs ( jiān dàn) with pink potatoes ( tǔ dòu).

Harry quickly eats up the fried eggs and pink potatoes.

Harry: Delicious ( Hǎo chī)!

All of the food is gone. Harry is content but Zavi is annoyed.

Fatima: Very good ( Hěn hǎo).

Harry: Thank you ( Xiè xiè) my friends ( péng yǒu). Oh, would you like some?

Zavi: There’s nothing left!

Key Mandarin words

MandarinPinyinEnglish
hǎo chīdelicious
hěn hǎovery good
jiān dànfried eggs
Nǐ xiǎng chī shén me?What do you want to eat?
tǔ dòupotatoes
Wǒ è leI’m hungry
Wǒ bù xǐ huānI don’t like
xiāng chángsausages
xiè xièthank you
yì miànpasta
A variety of fruit and vegetables.

Did you know?

Sometimes in Mandarin, translations are very literal, eg pasta ( yì miàn) translates as 'Italian noodles'.

Other food examples include:

  • yoghurt ( suān nǎi) translates as 'sour milk'
  • doughnut ( tián tián quān) translates as 'sweet sweet circle'

More on Songs and stories

Find out more by working through a topic