真漂亮！
How to say beautiful in Chinese
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卢小月五岁。今天在学校，她学了“漂亮”。
她看见妈妈：“妈妈，你真漂亮！”妈妈很高兴。
她看见妈妈的新衣服：“衣服也很漂亮！”
她看见外边下雪了：“雪真漂亮！”妈妈说：“非常漂亮的东西，也可以说‘美’。”卢小月说：“雪太美了！”
爸爸下班回家了。卢小月说：“爸爸，你也很漂亮！”
爸爸说：“爸爸是男的，不说‘漂亮’。你可以说爸爸‘好看’。”
卢小月说：“爸爸很好看！”爸爸非常高兴，去做晚饭了。
晚饭做好了。爸爸问：“卢小月，你看，这个菜漂亮吗？”
卢小月说：“爸爸，菜是吃的，不是看的。菜，我们说‘好吃’，对吗？”
爸爸说：“对！那好吃吗？”
卢小月吃了一口，想了想，说：“爸爸的菜很好看。”
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 五 | wǔ | five |
| 岁 | suì | years old; year (of age) |
| 今天 | jīntiān | today |
| 学校 | xuéxiào | school |
| 学 | xué | to study; to learn |
| 漂亮 | piàoliang | pretty; beautiful; good-looking |
| 看见 | kànjiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 妈妈 | māma | mom; mother |
| 真 | zhēn | really; truly; real; true |
| 高兴 | gāoxìng | happy; glad; pleased |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly; just |
| 衣服 | yīfu | clothes; clothing |
English (for the teacher)
Lu Xiaoyue is five. Today at school she learned piàoliang, “beautiful”.
She saw Mum: “Mum, you're so beautiful!” Mum was very happy.
She saw Mum's new clothes: “The clothes are beautiful too!”
She saw it was snowing outside: “The snow is so beautiful!” Mum said, “When something is really, really beautiful, you can also say měi.” Lu Xiaoyue said, “The snow is so měi!”
Dad came home from work. Lu Xiaoyue said, “Dad, you're beautiful too!”
Dad said, “Dad's a man, so we don't say piàoliang. You can say Dad is hǎokàn, good-looking.”
Lu Xiaoyue said, “Dad is good-looking!” Dad was over the moon and went to make dinner.
Dinner was ready. Dad asked, “Lu Xiaoyue, look — is this dish beautiful?”
Lu Xiaoyue said, “Dad, food is for eating, not for looking at. For food, we say hǎochī, delicious, right?”
Dad said, “Right! So is it delicious?”
Lu Xiaoyue took a bite, thought for a moment and said, “Dad's food is very good-looking.”