{"id":12772,"date":"2016-12-05T07:55:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T11:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=12772"},"modified":"2017-11-07T13:36:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T17:36:39","slug":"five-chinese-tongue-twisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/five-chinese-tongue-twisters\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Chinese Tongue Twisters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12773\" style=\"width: 629px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mklapper\/5812224468\/in\/photolist-9RBaQG-2vVkpu-fAAo9V-jcMgtk-bJsTcF-o6WpS-fsWDVh-o6Wso-fsV8ad-dTdy9W-6Ax7wx-6TLeZ-9qtHgw-cuQEH1-aHnhzX-5kXnYp-rc7HS-bXA3Uh-5TUrJj-6TLeU-6TLeV-6TLf1-9ffXxz-9fMMqE-527Q3T-5m3fty-9qqFR2-9qtHNs-5Ydpdw-n2j1aU-qgocLA-5kXYrM-5kXpF4-9qtHeq-o6WuJ-9qtHDo-o6WJQ-83L7N6-98m4Z-n8pLq-6TMkh-dTVGas-6TLeX-7k6rGu-6TMkf-7Nncfm-CEmdx-iGjgU-98tiLE-7Xb3LX\" aria-label=\"5812224468 E5c19e6f4f Z 350x231\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12773\" class=\"wp-image-12773\"  alt=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mklapper\/5812224468\/in\/photolist-9RBaQG-2vVkpu-fAAo9V-jcMgtk-bJsTcF-o6WpS-fsWDVh-o6Wso-fsV8ad-dTdy9W-6Ax7wx-6TLeZ-9qtHgw-cuQEH1-aHnhzX-5kXnYp-rc7HS-bXA3Uh-5TUrJj-6TLeU-6TLeV-6TLf1-9ffXxz-9fMMqE-527Q3T-5m3fty-9qqFR2-9qtHNs-5Ydpdw-n2j1aU-qgocLA-5kXYrM-5kXpF4-9qtHeq-o6WuJ-9qtHDo-o6WJQ-83L7N6-98m4Z-n8pLq-6TMkh-dTVGas-6TLeX-7k6rGu-6TMkf-7Nncfm-CEmdx-iGjgU-98tiLE-7Xb3LX\" width=\"619\" height=\"409\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/5812224468_e5c19e6f4f_z-350x231.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/5812224468_e5c19e6f4f_z-350x231.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/5812224468_e5c19e6f4f_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinese Teacher by Marco Klapper from Flicker.com is licensed under CC BY 2.0<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Chinese pronunciation is pretty difficult. Some words are very hard to pronounce.Some sentences are tongue twisting. Difficult indeed! But no need to be afraid, just practice. There are many ways to practice pronunciation, tongue twisters is one of them. The more you say tongue twister the better, practice makes perfect. Today we will check out five amusing tongue twisters.<\/p>\n<p>\u6c49\u8bed\u53d1\u97f3\u6bd4\u8f83\u96be\u3002\u6709\u4e9b\u5b57\u5f88\u4e0d\u987a\u53e3\u7684\u3002\u6709\u4e9b\u53e5\u5b50\u8bf4\u8d77\u6765\u5f88\u7ed5\u5634\u3002\u771f\u96be\uff01\u4f46\u4e0d\u8981\u6015\uff0c\u5e94\u8be5\u591a\u7ec3\u4e60\u5427\u3002\u7ec3\u4e60\u53d1\u97f3\u7684\u529e\u6cd5\u5f88\u591a\uff0c\u7ed5\u53e3\u4ee4\u4e4b\u4e00\u3002\u7ed5\u53e3\u4ee4\u8d8a\u8bf4\u8d8a\u597d\uff0c\u719f\u80fd\u751f\u5de7\u3002\u4eca\u5929\u54b1\u4eec\u770b\u770b\u4e94\u4e2a\u5f88\u6709\u8da3\u7684\u7ed5\u53e3\u4ee4\u3002<\/p>\n<p>H\u00e0ny\u01d4 f\u0101y\u012bn b\u01d0ji\u00e0o n\u00e1n. Y\u01d2uxi\u0113 z\u00ec h\u011bn b\u00f9 sh\u00f9nk\u01d2u de. Y\u01d2uxi\u0113 j\u00f9zi shu\u014d q\u01d0l\u00e1i h\u011bn r\u00e0o zu\u01d0. Zh\u0113n n\u00e1n! D\u00e0n b\u00f9y\u00e0o p\u00e0, y\u012bngg\u0101i du\u014d li\u00e0nx\u00ed ba. Li\u00e0nx\u00ed f\u0101y\u012bn de b\u00e0nf\u01ce h\u011bndu\u014d, r\u00e0ok\u01d2ul\u00ecng zh\u012b y\u012b. R\u00e0ok\u01d2ul\u00ecng yu\u00e8 shu\u014d yu\u00e8 h\u01ceo, sh\u00fan\u00e9ngsh\u0113ngqi\u01ceo. J\u012bnti\u0101n z\u00e1nmen k\u00e0n k\u00e0n w\u01d4 g\u00e8 h\u011bn y\u01d2uq\u00f9 de r\u00e0ok\u01d2ul\u00ecng.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\u56db\u548c\u5341Four and ten<\/h2>\n<p>This\u7ed5\u53e3\u4ee4composed of only two consonants: \u02bds\u2019 and \u02bdsh\u2019. As such it provides good practice of these particular sounds and of tones. This \u7ed5\u53e3\u4ee4 has several versions, the shortest one is well known to Chinese learner.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u56db\u662f\u56db\uff0c<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u5341\u662f\u5341\uff0c<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u5341\u56db\u662f\u5341\u56db\uff0c<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u56db\u5341\u662f\u56db\u5341\uff0c<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u56db\u5341\u56db\u662f\u56db\u5341\u56db\u3002<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"189\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">S\u00ec sh\u00ec s\u00ec,<br \/>\nsh\u00ed sh\u00ec sh\u00ed,<br \/>\nsh\u00eds\u00ec sh\u00ec sh\u00eds\u00ec,<br \/>\ns\u00ecsh\u00ed sh\u00ec s\u00ecsh\u00ed,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">S\u00ecsh\u00eds\u00ec sh\u00ec s\u00ecsh\u00eds\u00ec.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The translation:<\/p>\n<p>Four is four,<\/p>\n<p>Ten is ten,<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen is fourteen,<\/p>\n<p>Forty is forty,<\/p>\n<p>Forty four is forty four.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Listen to one of the longest version of \u56db\u548c\u5341\u7ed5\u53e3\u4ee4\uff1a<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Counting Tongue Twister in Mandarin Chinese: si\u0300 shi\u0300 si\u0300\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/otMgTTM34uk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\u5b69\u5b50\u548c\u978b\u5b50 A child and a shoe<\/h2>\n<p>This \u7ed5\u53e3\u4ee4 is less famous, but much easier. It requires more vocabulary than the first one, but still suits beginners.<\/p>\n<table width=\"546\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"262\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u5b69\u5b50\u662f\u5b69\u5b50\uff0c<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u978b\u5b50\u662f\u978b\u5b50\uff0c<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u5b69\u5b50\u4e0d\u662f\u978b\u5b50\uff0c<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u978b\u5b50\u4e0d\u662f\u5b69\u5b50\u3002<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u662f\u5b69\u5b50\u7a7f\u978b\u5b50\uff0c<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u4e0d\u662f\u978b\u5b50\u7a7f\u5b69\u5b50\u3002<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u8c01\u5206\u4e0d\u6e05\u978b\u5b50\u548c\u5b69\u5b50\uff0c<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u8c01\u5c31\u5ff5\u4e0d\u51c6\u978b\u5b50\u548c\u5b69\u5b50\u3002<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"283\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">H\u00e1izi sh\u00ec h\u00e1izi,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">xi\u00e9zi sh\u00ec xi\u00e9zi,<br \/>\nh\u00e1izi b\u00f9sh\u00ec xi\u00e9zi,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">xi\u00e9zi b\u00f9sh\u00ec h\u00e1izi.<br \/>\nSh\u00ec h\u00e1izi chu\u0101n xi\u00e9zi,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">b\u00f9sh\u00ec xi\u00e9zi chu\u0101n h\u00e1izi.<br \/>\nShu\u00ed f\u0113n b\u00f9 q\u012bng xi\u00e9zi h\u00e9 h\u00e1izi,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">shu\u00ed ji\u00f9 ni\u00e0n b\u00f9 zh\u01d4n xi\u00e9zi h\u00e9 h\u00e1izi.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The translation:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Child is child, shoe is shoe,<\/p>\n<p>Child isn&#8217;t shoe, shoe isn&#8217;t child,<\/p>\n<p>The child wears the shoe, is not the shoe that wears the child,<\/p>\n<p>Who can&#8217;t distinguish shoe from child, doesn&#8217;t read these characters accurate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u767b\u5c71Climbing a mountain\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This \u7ed5\u53e3\u4ee4tells a whole story about a boy name Xiaosan.<\/p>\n<table width=\"461\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"196\">\u4e09\u6708\u4e09\uff0c<\/p>\n<p>\u5c0f\u4e09\u53bb\u767b\u5c71\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u4e0a\u5c71\u53c8\u4e0b\u5c71\uff0c<\/p>\n<p>\u4e0b\u5c71\u53c8\u4e0a\u5c71\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u767b\u4e86\u4e09\u6b21\u5c71\uff0c<\/p>\n<p>\u8dd1\u4e86\u4e09\u91cc\u4e09\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u51fa\u4e86\u4e00\u8eab\u6c57\uff0c<\/p>\n<p>\u6e7f\u4e86\u4e09\u4ef6\u886b\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u5c0f\u4e09\u5c71\u4e0a\u5927\u58f0\u558a\uff1a<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u79bb\u5929\u53ea\u6709\u4e09\u5c3a\u4e09\uff01\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"265\">S\u0101n yu\u00e8 s\u0101n,<\/p>\n<p>xi\u01ceos\u0101n q\u00f9 d\u0113ngsh\u0101n.<br \/>\nSh\u00e0ngsh\u0101n y\u00f2u xi\u00e0sh\u0101n, xi\u00e0sh\u0101n y\u00f2u sh\u00e0ngsh\u0101n.<br \/>\nD\u0113ngle s\u0101nc\u00ec sh\u0101n,<\/p>\n<p>p\u01ceole s\u0101nl\u01d0 s\u0101n.<br \/>\nCh\u016ble y\u012bsh\u0113n h\u00e0n,<\/p>\n<p>sh\u012ble s\u0101n ji\u00e0n sh\u0101n.<br \/>\nXi\u01ceos\u0101n sh\u0101nsh\u00e0ng d\u00e0sh\u0113ng h\u01cen:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cL\u00ed ti\u0101n zh\u01d0y\u01d2u s\u0101n ch\u01d0 s\u0101n!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The translation:<\/p>\n<p>On March the third, Xiaosan went climbing a mountain.<\/p>\n<p>He climbed the mountain and went down, went down and climbed again.<\/p>\n<p>He climbed the mountain three times, walked three point three Li.<\/p>\n<p>Perspired all over, wetted three shirts.<\/p>\n<p>On the mountain Xiaosan shouted loud:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom here to the sky only three point three Chi!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*Li is a Chinese unit of length equivalent to half a kilometer.<\/p>\n<p>**Chi is a Chinese unit of length equivalent to third meter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\u5357\u5357\u6709\u4e2a\u7beeNannan has a basket<\/h2>\n<p>This \u7ed5\u53e3\u4ee4is about another boy, named Nannan. He is not climbing any mountain, but carrying a basket.<\/p>\n<table width=\"423\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\">\u5357\u5357\u6709\u4e2a\u7bee\uff0c<\/p>\n<p>\u7bee\u7bee\u88c5\u7740\u76d8\u76d8\uff0c<\/p>\n<p>\u76d8\u76d8\u653e\u7740\u7897\u7897\uff0c<\/p>\n<p>\u7897\u7897\u76db\u7740\u996d\u996d\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u5357\u5357\u7ffb\u4e86\u7bee\u7bee\uff0c<\/p>\n<p>\u7bee\u7bee\u6263\u4e86\u76d8\u76d8\uff0c<\/p>\n<p>\u76d8\u76d8\u6253\u4e86\u7897\u7897\uff0c<\/p>\n<p>\u7897\u7897\u6492\u4e86\u996d\u996d\u3002<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">N\u00e1n n\u00e1n y\u01d2u g\u00e8 l\u00e1n,<\/p>\n<p>l\u00e1n l\u00e1n zhu\u0101ngzhe p\u00e1n p\u00e1n,<br \/>\np\u00e1n p\u00e1n f\u00e0ngzhe w\u01cen w\u01cen,<\/p>\n<p>w\u01cen w\u01cen ch\u00e9ngzhe f\u00e0n f\u00e0n.<br \/>\nN\u00e1n n\u00e1n f\u0101nle l\u00e1n l\u00e1n,<\/p>\n<p>l\u00e1n l\u00e1n k\u00f2ule p\u00e1n p\u00e1n,<br \/>\np\u00e1n p\u00e1n d\u01cele w\u01cen w\u01cen,<\/p>\n<p>w\u01cen w\u01cen s\u0101le f\u00e0n f\u00e0n.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The translation:<\/p>\n<p>Nannan has a basket, in the basket there&#8217;s a plate,<\/p>\n<p>On the plate there&#8217;s a bowl, the bowl filled with rice.<\/p>\n<p>Nannan turned the basket over, the basket turned the plate upside down,<\/p>\n<p>The plate smash the bowl, the bowl spread the rice over.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>\u5927\u732b\u5c0f\u732b Big cat, small cat<\/h2>\n<p>This time not little boys involved, but cute cats. This \u7ed5\u53e3\u4ee4 works on the &#8216;d&#8217; and &#8216;m&#8217; sounds, and of course on the tones.<\/p>\n<table width=\"489\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\">\u5927\u732b\u6bdb\u77ed\uff0c<\/p>\n<p>\u5c0f\u732b\u6bdb\u957f\uff0c<\/p>\n<p>\u5927\u732b\u6bdb\u6bd4\u5c0f\u732b\u6bdb\u77ed\uff0c<\/p>\n<p>\u5c0f\u732b\u6bdb\u6bd4\u5927\u732b\u6bdb\u957f\u3002<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">D\u00e0 m\u0101o m\u00e1o du\u01cen,<\/p>\n<p>xi\u01ceo m\u0101o m\u00e1o ch\u00e1ng,<br \/>\nd\u00e0 m\u0101o m\u00e1o b\u01d0 xi\u01ceo m\u0101o m\u00e1o du\u01cen,<br \/>\nxi\u01ceo m\u0101o m\u00e1o b\u01d0 d\u00e0 m\u0101o m\u00e1o zh\u01ceng.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The translation:<\/p>\n<p>The fur of the big cat is short,<\/p>\n<p>The fur of the small cat is long,<\/p>\n<p>The fur of the big cat is shorter than the fur of the small cat,<\/p>\n<p>The fur of the small cat is longer than the fur of the big cat.<\/p>\n<p>Those were only five classic tongue twisters, but be sure the Chinese language has more of that. The four tones and the one syllable words provide diversity \u7ed5\u53e3\u4ee4. Use them for practice and laughter.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366\"><strong>\u52a0\u6cb9\uff01(Ji\u0101y\u00f3u, you can do it!)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"231\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/5812224468_e5c19e6f4f_z-350x231.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mklapper\/5812224468\/in\/photolist-9RBaQG-2vVkpu-fAAo9V-jcMgtk-bJsTcF-o6WpS-fsWDVh-o6Wso-fsV8ad-dTdy9W-6Ax7wx-6TLeZ-9qtHgw-cuQEH1-aHnhzX-5kXnYp-rc7HS-bXA3Uh-5TUrJj-6TLeU-6TLeV-6TLf1-9ffXxz-9fMMqE-527Q3T-5m3fty-9qqFR2-9qtHNs-5Ydpdw-n2j1aU-qgocLA-5kXYrM-5kXpF4-9qtHeq-o6WuJ-9qtHDo-o6WJQ-83L7N6-98m4Z-n8pLq-6TMkh-dTVGas-6TLeX-7k6rGu-6TMkf-7Nncfm-CEmdx-iGjgU-98tiLE-7Xb3LX\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/5812224468_e5c19e6f4f_z-350x231.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/5812224468_e5c19e6f4f_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Chinese pronunciation is pretty difficult. Some words are very hard to pronounce.Some sentences are tongue twisting. Difficult indeed! But no need to be afraid, just practice. There are many ways to practice pronunciation, tongue twisters is one of them. The more you say tongue twister the better, practice makes perfect. 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