It’s only a party in honor of my birthday – 这只是为了庆祝我的生日而举行的晚会
Chinese Sentence: 这只是为了庆祝我的生日而举行的晚会。
English Translation: It’s only a party in honor of my birthday.
| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | Tones | English |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 这 | 這 | zhe4 | zhè | this / these / (commonly pronounced zhei4 before a classifier, esp. in Beijing) |
| 只是 | 只是 | zhi3 shi4 | zhǐ shì | merely / simply / only / but |
| 为了 | 為了 | wei4 le5 | wèi le | in order to / for the purpose of / so as to |
| 庆祝 | 慶祝 | qing4 zhu4 | qìng zhù | celebrate |
| 我的 | 我的 | wo3 de5 | wǒ de | my / mine |
| 生日 | 生日 | sheng1 ri4 | shēng rì | birthday / |
| 而 | 而 | er2 | ér | and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast) |
| 举行 | 舉行 | ju3 xing2 | jǔ xíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
| 的 | 的 | de5 | de | of / structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive |
| 晚会 | 晚會 | wan3 hui4 | wǎn huì | evening party / |