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like喜歡, scare, afraid怕, dislike討厭
Monkeys like to eat bananas.猴子喜歡吃香蕉
Cats like to chase mice.貓喜歡追老鼠
elephants are scared of mice大象怕老鼠
I am afraid of spiders.我怕蜘蛛
I dislike cockroaches very much.我很討厭蟑螂

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monkey eating banana 猴子吃香蕉 hóu-zi chī xiāng-jiāo
monkey 猴子 hóu-zi		eat 吃 chī	banana 香蕉 xiāng-jiāo

monkey 猴子 hóu-zi
monkey 猴 hóu	suffix 子 zi

eat 吃 chī

banana 香蕉 xiāng-jiāo
fragrant 香 xiāng	banana 蕉 jiāo

Monkeys like to eat bananas. 猴子喜歡吃香蕉 Hóu-zi xǐ-huān chī xiāng-jiāo
monkey 猴子 hóu-zi		like 喜歡 xǐ-huān		eat 吃 chī	banana 香蕉 xiāng-jiāo

monkey 猴子 hóu-zi
monkey 猴 hóu	suffix 子 zi

like 喜歡 xǐ-huān
be fond of 喜 xǐ	cheerful 歡 huān

eat 吃 chī

banana 香蕉 xiāng-jiāo
fragrant 香 xiāng	banana 蕉 jiāo

cats chasing mice 貓追老鼠 māo zhuī lǎo-shǔ
cat 貓 māo	chase 追 zhuī	mouse 老鼠 lǎo-shǔ

cat 貓 māo

chase 追 zhuī

mouse 老鼠 lǎo-shǔ
prefix 老 lǎo	mouse 鼠 shǔ

note: the character 老 here is used as a prefix used before the surname
of a person or animal as a nickname
like 老陳 for friend whose surname is Chen陳,
老王 for friend whoes surname is Wang王,
and for animals like 老鼠mouse for mouse鼠, 老虎tiger for tiger虎...etc.

Cats like to chase mice. 貓喜歡追老鼠 Māo xǐ-huān zhuī lǎo-shǔ
cat 貓 māo	like 喜歡 xǐ-huān		chase 追 zhuī	mouse 老鼠 lǎo-shǔ

cat 貓 māo

like 喜歡 xǐ-huān
be fond of 喜 xǐ	cheerful 歡 huān

chase 追 zhuī

mouse 老鼠 lǎo-shǔ
prefix 老 lǎo	mouse 鼠 shǔ

elephants are scared of mice 大象怕老鼠 dà xiàng pà lǎo-shǔ
elephant 大象 dà xiàng		scare 怕 pà	mouse 老鼠 lǎo-shǔ

elephant 大象 dà xiàng
big 大 dà	elephant 象 xiàng

scare 怕 pà

mouse 老鼠 lǎo-shǔ
prefix 老 lǎo	mouse 鼠 shǔ

The elephants seem to be scared of mice very much. 大象好像很怕老鼠 Dà xiàng hǎo-xiàng hěn pà lǎo-shǔ
elephant 大象 dà xiàng		seem 好像 hǎo-xiàng		very 很 hěn	scare 怕 pà	mouse 老鼠 lǎo-shǔ

elephant 大象 dà xiàng
big 大 dà	elephant 象 xiàng

seem 好像 hǎo-xiàng
quite 好 hǎo	like 像 xiàng

very 很 hěn

scare 怕 pà

mouse 老鼠 lǎo-shǔ
prefix 老 lǎo	mouse 鼠 shǔ

I am afraid of spiders. 我怕蜘蛛 Wǒ pà zhī-zhū
I 我 wǒ	afraid 怕 pà	spider 蜘蛛 zhī-zhū

I 我 wǒ

afraid 怕 pà

spider 蜘蛛 zhī-zhū
spider 蜘 zhī	spider 蛛 zhū

I dislike cockroaches very much. 我很討厭蟑螂 Wǒ hěn tǎo-yàn zhāng-láng
I 我 wǒ	very 很 hěn	dislike 討厭 tǎo-yàn		cockroach 蟑螂 zhāng-láng

I 我 wǒ

very 很 hěn

dislike 討厭 tǎo-yàn
demand 討 tǎo	detest 厭 yàn

cockroach 蟑螂 zhāng-láng
cockroach 蟑 zhāng	beetle 螂 láng

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