{"id":2848,"date":"2012-06-29T17:30:30","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T21:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=2848"},"modified":"2012-06-29T15:04:04","modified_gmt":"2012-06-29T19:04:04","slug":"even-more-tongue-twisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/even-more-tongue-twisters\/","title":{"rendered":"Even More Tongue Twisters (\u7ed5\u53e3\u4ee4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2010\/11\/tongue_twist_1.jpg\" aria-label=\"Tongue Twist 1 150x150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2855\"  alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2010\/11\/tongue_twist_1-150x150.jpg\"><\/a>Now that we&#8217;ve gone over some basic tongue twisters or \u00a0\u7ed5\u53e3\u4ee4 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandarintools.com\/sounds\/rao4.aif\">r\u00e0o<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandarintools.com\/sounds\/kou3.aif\">k\u01d2u<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandarintools.com\/sounds\/ling4.aif\">l\u00ecng<\/a>)\u00a0I thought this would be a good time to step up the level of difficulty and provide even more challenging tongue twisters. These ones will give you quite a workout, so if your tongue isn&#8217;t tired yet it should be after reading (and practicing) along with this post. After all, practice makes perfect.<\/p>\n<p>Is your pronunciation or \u53d1\u97f3 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandarintools.com\/sounds\/fa1.aif\">f\u0101<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandarintools.com\/sounds\/yin1.aif\">y\u012bn<\/a>) improving? Is it easier to make the sounds or does your tongue just get tied in a knot like our little friend over to the left? Try following along in the video. If you recall from last tongue twisters post, we&#8217;ve already practiced this one:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u7f8e\u56fd\u5973\u5b69\u8bf4\u6c49\u8bed Chinese Tongue Twister 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rbwxdry-PU0?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><a title=\"ch\u012b p\u00fat\u00e1o t\u01d4 p\u00fat\u00e1o p\u00ed \u00e9r, |  b\u00f9 ch\u012b p\u00fat\u00e1o b\u00f9 t\u01d4 p\u00fat\u00e1o p\u00ed \u00e9r. |  ch\u012b p\u00fat\u00e1o b\u00f9 t\u01d4 p\u00fat\u00e1o p\u00ed \u00e9r, |  b\u00f9 ch\u012b p\u00fat\u00e1o d\u00e0o t\u01d4 p\u00fat\u00e1o p\u00ed \u00e9r.\">\u5403\u8461\u8404\u5410\u8461\u8404\u76ae\u513f\uff0c<br \/>\n\u4e0d\u5403\u8461\u8404\u4e0d\u5410\u8461\u8404\u76ae\u513f\u3002<br \/>\n\u5403\u8461\u8404\u4e0d\u5410\u8461\u8404\u76ae\u513f\uff0c<br \/>\n\u4e0d\u5403\u8461\u8404\u5012\u5410\u8461\u8404\u76ae\u513f\u3002<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ch\u012b p\u00fat\u00e1o t\u01d4 p\u00fat\u00e1o p\u00ed \u00e9r,<br \/>\nb\u00f9 ch\u012b p\u00fat\u00e1o b\u00f9 t\u01d4 p\u00fat\u00e1o p\u00ed \u00e9r.<br \/>\nch\u012b p\u00fat\u00e1o b\u00f9 t\u01d4 p\u00fat\u00e1o p\u00ed \u00e9r,<br \/>\nb\u00f9 ch\u012b p\u00fat\u00e1o d\u00e0o t\u01d4 p\u00fat\u00e1o p\u00ed \u00e9r.<\/p>\n<p>Translation: Eat grapes throw out their skins, don&#8217;t eat grapes don&#8217;t throw out their skins. Eat grapes don&#8217;t throw out their skins, don&#8217;t eat grapes throw out their skins.<\/p>\n<p>Not so hard, was it? Now that we&#8217;ve warmed up, lets get into some new tongue twisters. Here&#8217;s an easy one to start off with first:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uebersetzung.at\/twister\/img\/zh005.gif\" alt=\"image\" width=\"174\" height=\"22\" \/><\/p>\n<p>X\u012b Sh\u012b s\u01d0sh\u00ed s\u00ecsh\u00eds\u00ec.<\/p>\n<p>Translation: The Useful Lady of the West was 44 years old at the time of her death.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"l\u01ceot\u00f3ur du\u0101n t\u0101ng sh\u00e0ng t\u01ce |  t\u0101ng t\u00e0ng |   t\u01ce hu\u00e1 |   t\u0101ng s\u01ce |   t\u0101ng t\u00e0ng t\u01ce.\">\u8001\u982d\u5152\u7aef\u6e6f\u4e0a\u5854<br \/>\n\u6e6f\u71d9<br \/>\n\u5854\u6ed1<br \/>\n\u6e6f\u7051<br \/>\n\u6e6f\u71d9\u5854<\/a><\/p>\n<p>l\u01ceot\u00f3ur du\u0101n t\u0101ng sh\u00e0ng t\u01ce<br \/>\nt\u0101ng t\u00e0ng<br \/>\nt\u01ce hu\u00e1<br \/>\nt\u0101ng s\u01ce<br \/>\nt\u0101ng t\u00e0ng t\u01ce.<\/p>\n<p>Translation: An old man, holding (a bowl of) soup, climbed up a tower. The soup was hot. The tower (steps) slippery; (so) the soup got spilt (and) the soup scalded the tower (steps).<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Qi\u00e1ng-shang gu\u00e0 mi\u00e0n g\u01d4. G\u01d4-shang hu\u00e0  l\u01ceoh\u01d4. |  L\u01ceoh\u01d4 zhu\u0101p\u00f2le g\u01d4. |  N\u00e1 ku\u00e0i b\u00f9 l\u00e1i b\u01d4, |  B\u00f9zh\u012bd\u00e0o sh\u00ec b\u00f9 b\u01d4 g\u01d4, h\u00e1ishi b\u00f9 b\u01d4 h\u01d4.\">\u58bb\u4e0a\u639b\u9762\u9f14. \u9f14\u4e0a\u756b\u8001\u864e.<br \/>\n\u8001\u864e\u6293\u7834\u4e86\u9f14.<br \/>\n\u62ff\u584a\u5e03\u6765\u88dc,<br \/>\n\u4e0d\u77e5\u9053\u662f\u5e03\u88dc\u9f14, \u9084\u662f\u5e03\u88dc\u864e.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Qi\u00e1ng-shang gu\u00e0 mi\u00e0n g\u01d4. G\u01d4-shang hu\u00e0 l\u01ceoh\u01d4.<br \/>\nL\u01ceoh\u01d4 zhu\u0101p\u00f2le g\u01d4.<br \/>\nN\u00e1 ku\u00e0i b\u00f9 l\u00e1i b\u01d4,<br \/>\nB\u00f9zh\u012bd\u00e0o sh\u00ec b\u00f9 b\u01d4 g\u01d4, h\u00e1ishi b\u00f9 b\u01d4 h\u01d4.<\/p>\n<p>Translation: On the wall hangs a drum, on which a tiger is painted. The tiger clawed a hole into the drum. Taking a piece of cloth to repair it, I didn\u2019t know whether the cloth was mending the drum or the cloth was mending the tiger.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"q\u012bng q\u012bng sh\u0101n sh\u00e0ng y\u012b g\u0113n t\u00e9ng |   q\u012bng t\u00e9ng d\u01d0 xi\u00e0 gu\u00e0 t\u00f3ng l\u00edng |   f\u0113ng chu\u012b t\u00e9ng d\u00f2ng t\u00f3ng l\u00edng d\u00f2ng |   f\u0113ng t\u00edng t\u00e9ng t\u00edng t\u00f3ng l\u00edng t\u00edng\">\u9752\u9752\u5c71\u4e0a\u4e00\u6839\u7c50<br \/>\n\u9752\u7c50\u5730\u4e0b\u639b\u9285\u9234<br \/>\n\u98a8\u5439\u7c50\u52d5\u9285\u9234\u52d5<br \/>\n\u98a8\u505c\u7c50\u505c\u9285\u9234\u505c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>q\u012bng q\u012bng sh\u0101n sh\u00e0ng y\u012b g\u0113n t\u00e9ng<br \/>\nq\u012bng t\u00e9ng d\u01d0 xi\u00e0 gu\u00e0 t\u00f3ng l\u00edng<br \/>\nf\u0113ng chu\u012b t\u00e9ng d\u00f2ng t\u00f3ng l\u00edng d\u00f2ng<br \/>\nf\u0113ng t\u00edng t\u00e9ng t\u00edng t\u00f3ng l\u00edng t\u00edng<\/p>\n<p>Translation: On a green mountain grows a vine. Under the vine there hangs a copper bell. When the wind blows, the vine moves, and so does the bell. When the wind stops, the vine stops, and the bell stops too.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"c\u016bn qi\u00e1n y\u01d2u g\u00e8 y\u00e1n yu\u00e1n y\u01cen |  c\u016bn h\u00f2u y\u01d2u g4 y\u00e1n y\u01cen yu\u00e1n |  b\u00f9 zh\u012b y\u00e1n yu\u00e1n y\u01cen d\u0113 y\u01cen yu\u00e1n |  h\u00e1i sh\u00ec y\u00e1n y\u01cen yu\u00e1n d\u0113 y\u01cen yu\u00e1n?\">\u6751\u524d\u6709\u4e2a\u989c\u5706\u773c<br \/>\n\u6751\u540e\u6709\u4e2a\u989c\u773c\u5706<br \/>\n\u4e0d\u77e5\u989c\u5706\u773c\u7684\u773c\u5706<br \/>\n\u8fd8\u662f\u989c\u773c\u5706\u7684\u773c\u5706\uff1f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>c\u016bn qi\u00e1n y\u01d2u g\u00e8 y\u00e1n yu\u00e1n y\u01cen<br \/>\nc\u016bn h\u00f2u y\u01d2u g4 y\u00e1n y\u01cen yu\u00e1n<br \/>\nb\u00f9 zh\u012b y\u00e1n yu\u00e1n y\u01cen d\u0113 y\u01cen yu\u00e1n<br \/>\nh\u00e1i sh\u00ec y\u00e1n y\u01cen yu\u00e1n d\u0113 y\u01cen yu\u00e1n?<\/p>\n<p>Translation: In front of the village there is a Yan Yuanyan. Behind the village there is a Yan Yanyuan. Don&#8217;t know if Yan Yuanyan&#8217;s eyes are rounder or Yan Yanyuan&#8217;s eyes are rounder.<\/p>\n<p>Whew that was exhausting. Try it again from the top, \u518d\u6b21\u53d1\u8a00!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Stephen on Twitter: @seeitbelieveit<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"223\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2010\/11\/tongue_twist_1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>Now that we&#8217;ve gone over some basic tongue twisters or \u00a0\u7ed5\u53e3\u4ee4 (r\u00e0o\u00a0k\u01d2u\u00a0l\u00ecng)\u00a0I thought this would be a good time to step up the level of difficulty and provide even more challenging tongue twisters. 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