这是什么？
How to say what is this in Chinese
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学中文，第一天学什么？我觉得是这四个字：“这是什么？”
东西在这儿，问：“这是什么？”东西在那儿，问：“那是什么？”想知道一个东西的中文名字，可以问：“这个，中文叫什么？”
我学中文三个月了。我的儿子两岁，也在学说话。我们两个人，天天都问“这是什么”。
早上，儿子看见一个杯子，问妈妈：“这是什么？”妈妈说：“这是杯子。”
中午，我看见桌子上有一些东西，我不知道是什么。我也问他妈妈：“那是什么？”她说：“那是包子。”
下午，儿子问：“这是什么？”“那是什么？”我也问：“这个，中文叫什么？”
他妈妈说：“你们两个，一天问我一百个‘这是什么’！”
晚上，他妈妈不在家。中午的那些东西，桌子上还有一个。我看着它，想：这是什么？中午他妈妈说了，叫什么呢？
儿子看了看，说：“这是包子，爸爸！”
现在，我们家有两个中文老师：一个是他妈妈，一个是我两岁的儿子。
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 学 | xué | to study; to learn |
| 中文 | zhōngwén | Chinese (language) |
| 天 | tiān | heaven; God |
| 觉得 | juéde | to think; to feel |
| 四 | sì | four |
| 字 | zì | character; written word |
| 东西 | dōngxī | east and west |
| 问 | wèn | to ask |
| 什么 | shénme | what; anything |
| 知道 | zhīdào | to know; to be aware of |
| 名字 | míngzi | name |
| 三 | sān | three |
English (for the teacher)
When you learn Chinese, what should you learn on day one? I think it's these four characters: "Zhè shì shénme?", what is this?
When the thing is here, ask: "Zhè shì shénme?" When the thing is over there, ask: "Nà shì shénme?", what is that? To find out a thing's Chinese name, you can ask: "Zhège, Zhōngwén jiào shénme?", what is this called in Chinese?
I've been learning Chinese for three months. My son is two, and he's learning to talk too. The two of us ask "what is this" every day.
In the morning, my son sees a cup and asks his mum, "What is this?" His mum says, "This is a cup."
At noon, I see some things on the table, and I don't know what they are. I ask his mum too, "What is that?" She says, "Those are baozi."
In the afternoon, my son asks, "What is this?" "What is that?" And I ask, "What is this called in Chinese?"
His mum says, "You two ask me 'what is this' a hundred times a day!"
In the evening, his mum isn't home. There's still one of those things from noon on the table. I look at it and think: what is this? His mum told me at noon. What was it called?
My son takes a look and says, "It's a baozi, Dad!"
Now our family has two Chinese teachers: one is his mum, and the other is my two-year-old son.