– Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

The wind outside is so strong.

Mom said this typhoon's name is Vipa.

There was another one before called Danas.

Lele,

do you know

each typhoon

has its own name?

It has its own name?

Yeah, like how people have names.

Who gives them their names?

Is it the typhoon's mom and dad?

Typhoons don’t have parents.

The names come from fourteen countries,

each providing 10 names,

totalling 140 names.

They are used in order.

About every five to six years,

all the names get used once.

So everyone takes turns

naming the typhoons.

That's so interesting!

Do people from different countries

have different naming styles?

Good question, Lele.

From typhoon names,

is that Sun Wukong?

I've heard that story before.

It’s a Chinese story.

I guess this name came from China.

You’re right, Lele, well done.

Using your own culture

to name typhoons is really fun.

If I could name one,

I would call it

but I hope asteroid typhoons

don’t cause major disasters.

Lele, did you know

typhoon names

can sometimes be changed?

Changed?

Is it because they don’t like the original name?

It’s because, like you, Lele, don’t want

a typhoon you named to cause damage.

When a typhoon causes

too much destruction to nearby countries, its original name gets retired.

It’s like naming a baby—

you want a good, lucky name.

Exactly, hoping to choose a good name

so the typhoon is like a well-behaved child,

not throwing tantrums,

not raining heavily all the time.

Today I learned

wow, that’s amazing!

See you next time, bye-bye!

[Chinese]

外面風好大

媽媽說 這次的颱風名字叫做 薇帕

之前還有一個叫做 丹娜絲

樂樂

你知道

每個颱風都有

屬於他們自己的名字嗎

屬於他們自己的名字嗎

對啊 好像人有名字一樣

是誰幫他們取名字的啊

是颱風的爸爸媽媽嗎

颱風沒有爸爸媽媽

颱風的名字是由 十四個國家

提供出各10個名字

總共會有140個名字

依照順序使用

大概每五到六年

會把所有的名字 都使用過一遍

所以 是大家輪流

幫颱風取名字

好有趣

那不同國家的人

取名字的風格 是不是也不一樣

樂樂 問得好

從颱風的名字

是孫悟空嗎

我有聽過這個故事

是中國的故事

我猜這是中國取的名字

答對了 樂樂很厲害

能用自己國家的文化

幫颱風取名字 好有趣喔

如果我可以取名

我要叫做

不過希望 小行星颱風

不要造成 大災害

樂樂 你知道嗎

颱風的名字

也是有可能會被改名的喔

改名

是因為 不喜歡原本的名字嗎

是因為 就像樂樂不希望

自己取名的颱風 造成災害

當颱風帶給 周遭的國家

太多破壞時 就會把原本的名字刪除掉

好像小朋友出生取名字一樣

要取一個吉利的好名字

沒錯 希望取一個好名字

讓颱風像個 乖巧的小朋友

不亂發脾氣

下大雨

今天我知道

原來如此真奇妙

我們下次再見 掰掰