Monday, August 1, 2011

Body parts in Chinese language

I came across this really catchy song which teaches how to say different body parts in Chinese language. Hope you will enjoy it:



一个土豆

yīgè tǔdòu

One potato

长两只眼睛

cháng liǎng zhī yǎnjīng

With two eyes

长一只鼻子

cháng yī zhǐ bízi

With a nose

和一张嘴

hé yī zhāng zuǐ

And a mouth

一个土豆

yīgè tǔdòu

One potato

有两只手

yǒu liǎng zhī shǒu

With two arms

有两条腿

yǒu liǎng tiáo tuǐ

With two legs

和一顶帽子

hé yī dǐng màozi

And a hat

一个土豆

yīgè tǔdòu

One potato

谁想跳舞

sheí xiǎng tiàowǔ

Who likes to dance

谁想跳舞

sheí xiǎng tiàowǔ

Who likes to dance

谁想跳舞

sheí xiǎng tiàowǔ

Who likes to dance

As you can see the different body parts used in this song are:

眼睛 (yǎnjīng): eyes

鼻子(bízi): nose

(zuǐ): mouth

(shǒu): hand

(tuǐ): leg


Just in case you haven’t figured out yet

土豆 (tǔdòu): potato

[Update: As Alan Chan pointed out in the comments below, at 00:48 instead of saying "two potatoes have four arms" the song says "two potatoes have two arms"]

7 comments:

  1. I would like to see you sing that song some day.....

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  2. Language can be so funny. Especially body parts... In Italian and Spanish, you often toast a drink by saying either Salud or Chin Chin. In Japan Chin Chin means penis, so you can imagine how funny it would be if you saw a bunch of tourists raising their glasses and saying "Penis!". Anything like that in Mandarin?

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  3. There's a mistake in the song... in the part where it should have said the two potatoes sprouted 4 arms, the songs says it sprouted 2 arms.

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  4. Very good ! My grandcdaughters will love this .



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  5. Good catch Alan. Yes you are right. It must say 4 arms.

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  6. Sweet song :) Just a small comment, 长 is pronounced zhang3 in this case and not chang2
    chang2 means long whereas zhang3 means "to grow, to develop" and is a verb

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