English Sentence:

Do you want a banana?

Chinese Translation (Traditional):

你想要一根香蕉嗎?

Chinese Translation (Simplified):

你想要一根香蕉吗?

Pinyin:

ni3 xiang3 yao4 yi1 gen1 xiang1 jiao1 ma5?

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1. you (male) 2. your (male)

Here: you (male)

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想要   想要

xiǎng yào

would like to, to want to, to feel like

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1. one, 1 2. as soon as 3. single, alone 4. each, every 5. same, identical

Here: one, 1

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gēn

1. root 2. base, basis 3. origins, causes 4. (a measure word for thin and long objects like cigarettes, bananas, walking sticks)

Here: (a measure word for thin and long objects like cigarettes, bananas, walking sticks)

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香蕉   香蕉

xiāng jiāo

banana

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ma

(particle indicating a question)

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