Chinese Tongue Twisters
四和十 Four and Ten
四是四 Four is four
十是十 Ten is ten
十四是十四 Fourteen is fourteen,
四十是四十 Forty is forty,
四十四是四十四 Forty four is forty four
吃葡萄不吐葡萄皮，
不吃葡萄倒吐葡萄皮。
chī pú táo bù tǔ pú táo pí,
bù chī pú táo dào tǔ pú táo pí.
Eat the grapes but don’t spit out the skins,
don’t eat the grapes but spit out the skins.
盆和瓶 Pan and Bottle
桌上有个盆 On the table there's a pan
盆里有个瓶 In the pan there's a bottle
砰砰砰 Peng, Peng, Peng
是瓶碰盆 Is it the bottle hitting the pan,
还是盆碰瓶 or the pan hitting the bottle?
知道就说知道， If you know, just say you know.
不知道就说不知道，If you don’t know, just say you don’t know.
不要知道说不知道，Don't say you know when you don’t.
也不要不知道说知道 also don't say you don't know when you do
你知道不知道？ Do you understand?
蝴蝶飞 Butterflies fly (húdǐe fēi)
黑蝴蝶飞， The black butterfly flies,
灰(huī)蝴蝶飞， The grey butterfly flies,
黑蝴蝶飞完(wán) After the black butterfly flies,
灰蝴蝶飞。 The grey butterfly flies.
华华和红红 Huahua and Honghong
华华有两朵黄花，
红红有两朵红花。
华华要红花，
红红要黄花。
华华送给sòng gěi红红一朵duǒ黄花，
红红送给sòng gěi华华一朵duǒ红花
鸟岛 Bird Island
鸟岛是岛﹐ Bird Island is an island;
鸟岛有鸟. Bird Island has birds.
niǎo dǎo de niǎo duō de shǔ bù qīng le
鸟岛的鸟多得数不清了.
The birds on Bird Island are countless.
要想到鸟岛﹐If you wish to go to Bird Island,
一定要爱鸟. you must love birds.
你不爱小鸟﹐If you don't love small birds,
jiù bié dào niǎo dǎo
就别到鸟岛. don't go to Bird Island.
大车拉小车 Big Cart Pulling a Small Cart
大车拉小车 lā Big cart pulling a small cart
小车拉小石头，shí tou Small cart pulling small rocks
石头掉下来， diào xià lái Rocks fall off the cart
砸了小脚指头 zá le xiǎo jiǎo zhǐ tou Hits the little toe.
天上七颗星 Seven Stars in the Sky
tiān shàng qī kē xīng
天上七颗星， seven stars in the sky
shù shǎng qī zhǐ yīng
树上七只鹰， seven eagles in the tree
liáng shǎng qī gè dīng
梁上七个钉， seven nails on the beam
tái shàng qī zhǎn dēng
台上七盏灯。 seven lights on the table
ná shān shān le dēng
拿扇扇了灯， put out the candle with a fan
yòng shǒu bá le dīng
用手拔了钉， pulled out the nails with a hand
jǔ qiāng dá le yīng
举枪打了鹰， shot the eagle with a gun
wū yún gě le xīng
乌云盖了星 covered the stars with the cloud
鹅 Goose
pōshàng lìzhe yīzhī é
坡上立着一只鹅，On the hill stands a goose
pōxià jishì yītiáo hé
坡下就是一条河。Under the hill there's a river
kuān kuān de hé
宽宽的河， Wide river
féi féi de é
肥肥的鹅， Fat goose
é yào guò hé
鹅要过河， Goose is crossing the river
hé yào dù é
河要渡鹅。 The river will carry over the goose.
虎和兔 Tiger and Bunny
pō shǎng yǒu zhǐ dà lǎo hǔ
坡上有只大老虎， On the hill there's a big tiger
pō xià yǒu zhǐ xiǎo huī tù
坡下有只小灰兔，Under the hill there's a little gray bunny
lǎo hǔ è dǔ dǔ
老虎饿肚肚， Tiger's tummy is hungry
xiǎng chī huī tù tù
想吃灰兔兔。 wants to eat gray bunny
hǔ duī tù tù duǒ hǔ
虎追兔，兔躲虎，Tiger chases bunny, bunny avoids tiger
lǎo hǔ mǎn pō duī huī tù
老虎满坡追灰兔。 Tiger chases the gray bunny all over hill.
狼和羊 Wolf and Goat
xī shān yǒu zhǐ láng dōng shān yǒu zhǐ yáng
西山有只狼，东山有只羊。
xī shān de láng xiǎng chī dōng shān de yáng
西山的狼想吃东山的羊，
dōng shān de yáng bú pà xī shān de láng
东山的羊不怕西山的狼。
xī shān de láng dào dōng shān zhǎo yáng
西山的狼到东山找羊，
dōng shān de yáng shù qǐ jī jiǎo dèng zhāo xī shān de láng
东山的羊竖起犄角瞪着西山的狼，
xī shān de láng kàn kan dōng shān de yáng
西山的狼看看东山的羊，
dōng shān de yáng dī tóu tóu dǐng xī shān de láng
东山的羊低头头顶西山的狼，
xī shān de láng bù gǎn zài chī dōng shān de yáng
西山的狼不敢再吃东山的羊。.
《六十六岁刘老六》
六十六岁刘老六，修了六十六座走马楼，楼上摆了六十六瓶苏合油，门前栽了六十六棵垂杨柳，柳上拴了六十六个大马猴。忽然一阵狂风起，吹倒了六十六座走马楼，打翻了六十六瓶苏合油，压倒了六十六棵垂杨柳，吓跑了六十六个大马猴，气死了六十六岁刘老六
《炖冻豆腐》
会炖我的炖冻豆腐，来炖我的炖冻豆腐，不会炖我的炖冻豆腐，就别炖我的炖冻豆腐。要是混充会炖我的炖冻豆腐，炖坏了我的炖冻豆腐，哪就吃不成我的炖冻豆腐