她女儿今年二十岁
Her Daughter Is 20 Years Old This Year · Dialogues · Vocabulary · Grammar
How to read this page: Line 1 = Chinese characters. Line 2 = pinyin (lined up character-by-character above each word). Line 3 = English meaning of the whole sentence, with the matching key word marked in (parentheses). Words in a pink box are this lesson's key vocabulary. Tap the 🔊 button to hear it read aloud — in the dialogue, speaker A and speaker B are read in two different voices.
📖 Text
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A ：nǐ你jiā家yǒu有jǐ几kǒu口rén人 ？
A: (How many) people are in your (family)?
B ：wǒ我jiā家yǒu有sān三kǒu口rén人 。
B: There are three people in my (family).
A ：nǐ你nǚ女ér儿jǐ几suì岁le了 ？
A: How (old) is your (daughter)?
B ：tā她jīn今nián年sì四suì岁le了 。
B: (This year) she is four years old.
A ：lǐ李lǎo老shī师duō多dà大le了 ？
A: How (old) is Teacher Li?
B ：tā她jīn今nián年wǔ五shí十suì岁le了 。
B: She is fifty years old (this year).
A ：tā她nǚ女ér儿ne呢 ？
A: What about her (daughter)?
B ：tā她nǚ女ér儿jīn今nián年èr二shí十suì岁 。
B: Her (daughter) is twenty (this year).
📋 Key Vocabulary
Each word shows the part of speech, meaning, and an extra example sentence.
家noun
family, home
我家有四口人。
There are four people in my family.
There are four people in my family.
有verb
to have, there is/are
我有一个姐姐。
I have an older sister.
I have an older sister.
口m.
measure word for family members
你家有几口人？
How many people are in your family?
How many people are in your family?
女儿noun
daughter
她的女儿很漂亮。
Her daughter is very pretty.
Her daughter is very pretty.
几pron.
how many (usually under 10)
你家有几口人？
How many people are in your family?
How many people are in your family?
岁m.
year (of age)
她今年五岁了。
She is five years old this year.
She is five years old this year.
了part.
(marks a change or new situation)
我今年二十岁了。
I'm twenty years old now.
I'm twenty years old now.
今年noun
this year
今年他很忙。
This year he is very busy.
This year he is very busy.
多adv.
(used to ask about degree or extent)
你多大了？
How old are you?
How old are you?
大adj.
(of age) old
他比我大。
He is older than me.
He is older than me.
🧩 Grammar Focus
Structures from this story worth practicing.
① 几 — asking "how many" (usually under 10)
疑问代词 "几"
几 + Measure word + Noun
几 asks about a number, typically one expected to be under 10. It's always followed directly by a measure word before the noun, e.g. 几口人, 几个学生.
你家有几口人？
Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?
How many people are in your family?
② 了 — marking a change or new situation
"了" 表变化
Sentence + 了
At the end of a sentence, 了 signals that something has changed or a new state has come about — often used with age to mean "now" or "already."
她今年四岁了。
Tā jīnnián sì suì le.
She's four years old now.
③ 多 + 大 — asking about age
"多+大" 表示疑问
多 + 大 (+ 了)
To ask someone's age, combine 多 ("to what degree") with 大 ("old") — 多大(了)? literally means "how old (already)?"
李老师多大了？
Lǐ lǎoshī duō dà le?
How old is Teacher Li?
④ Numbers up to 100 — the tens pattern
百以内的数字
[Tens digit] + 十 (+ [Ones digit])
Numbers from 10–99 follow a simple pattern: the tens digit, then 十 (shí, "ten"), then the ones digit if there is one. 五十 = 5×10 = fifty; 二十 = 2×10 = twenty.
她女儿今年二十岁。
Tā nǚ'ér jīnnián èrshí suì.
Her daughter is twenty this year.
⭐ Key Sentences
Practice saying these sentences out loud. Try covering the English and translating from Chinese yourself.
我家有三口人。
Wǒ jiā yǒu sān kǒu rén.
There are three people in my family.
她今年四岁了。
Tā jīnnián sì suì le.
She's four years old now.
李老师多大了？
Lǐ lǎoshī duō dà le?
How old is Teacher Li?
她女儿今年二十岁。
Tā nǚ'ér jīnnián èrshí suì.
Her daughter is twenty this year.
✅ Quick Check
Answer in your head, then check with your teacher.
1. How many people are in B's family (dialogue 1)?
2. How old is B's daughter (dialogue 2)?
3. How old is Teacher Li (dialogue 3)?
4. How old is Teacher Li's daughter?
你家有几口人？你今年多大了？Try answering both questions out loud! 👨👩👧