杯子在下边
How to say cheers in Chinese (干杯)
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中国人吃饭的时候，大家都说：“干杯！”
“杯”是杯子。“干杯”是说：杯子里的，都喝了！你不想都喝，喝一点儿也没关系。
还有一件事：和爸爸妈妈、老师干杯的时候，你的杯子要在他们的杯子下边一点儿。
去年，我去女朋友家，见她的爸爸妈妈。她爸爸喝酒。我要开车，不能喝酒，我喝茶。
她爸爸说：“来，干杯！”我的杯子在他的杯子下边一点儿。
他看了看，他的杯子也低了一点儿。
我的杯子再低一点儿。他的杯子也再低一点儿。
我们的两个杯子都到了桌子上……
女朋友的妈妈说：“你们两个！菜要冷了！”
她爸爸说：“好，好，干杯！”我们都喝了。
那天晚上，我们说了八次“干杯”。我喝了八杯茶，到了十二点，一点儿也不想睡觉。
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中国 | zhōngguó | China |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to say |
| 杯子 | bēizi | cup; glass; mug |
| 喝 | hē | to drink |
| 件 | jiàn | item; document (as in 文件, 邮件) |
| 事 | shì | thing; matter; affair |
| 爸爸 | bàba | dad; father |
| 妈妈 | māma | mom; mother |
| 老师 | lǎoshī | teacher |
| 去年 | qùnián | last year |
| 去 | qù | to go |
English (for the teacher)
When Chinese people eat together, everyone says, "Gānbēi!" (Cheers!)
杯 means cup. 干杯 means: drink everything in your cup! If you don't want to drink it all, a little is fine too.
One more thing: when you clink with your parents or a teacher, your cup should be a little lower than theirs.
Last year I went to my girlfriend's home to meet her parents. Her dad was drinking alcohol. I had to drive, so no alcohol for me: I drank tea.
Her dad said, "Come on, gānbēi!" I held my cup a little lower than his.
He looked, and lowered his cup a little too.
I lowered mine a little more. He lowered his a little more too.
Our two cups both reached the table...
My girlfriend's mum said, "You two! The food's getting cold!"
Her dad said, "OK, OK, gānbēi!" And we both drank.
That night we said gānbēi eight times. I drank eight cups of tea, and at midnight I still didn't feel like sleeping at all.