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
嘴 (zuǐ): mouth
手 (shǒu): hand
腿 (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"]
I would like to see you sing that song some day.....
ReplyDeleteLanguage 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?
ReplyDeleteThere'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.
ReplyDeleteVery good ! My grandcdaughters will love this .
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Good catch Alan. Yes you are right. It must say 4 arms.
ReplyDeleteSweet song :) Just a small comment, 长 is pronounced zhang3 in this case and not chang2
ReplyDeletechang2 means long whereas zhang3 means "to grow, to develop" and is a verb
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