Chinese for Children -- Lesson

May 23, 2007

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One, two, three, four, five.
Climbing a mountain to catch a tiger alive;
No, no, no tiger can be had,
I get a few squirrels instead.
How many squirrels have I got?
Let me take a count.
I count them forward and backward,
One, two, three, four, five.

Topic: number, nursery Rhyme

number

一　二　三　四　五

yī èr sǎn sì wǔ

one, two, three, four, five

Nursery Rhyme

一二三四五	yī èr sān sì wǔ	One, two, three, four, five
上山打老虎，	shàng shān dǎ lǎo hǔ	Climbing a mountain to catch a tiger alive;
老虎打不到	lǎo hǔ dǎ bú dào	No, no, no tiger can be had,
打到小松鼠	dǎ dào xiǎo sōng shǔ	I get a few squirrels instead.
松鼠有几个	sōng shǔ yǒu jǐ gè	How many squirrels have I got?
让我数一数	ràng wǒ shǔ yī shǔ	Let me take a count.
数去又数來	shǔ qù yòu shǔ lái	I count them forward and backward,
一二三四五	shàng shān sān lǎo hǔ	one, two, three, four, five

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