Ojos Chinos – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: El Gran Combo
• Album: 20th Anniversary

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Mira que bonito tiene

Look how beautiful she has,

La chinita los ojitos

The little Chinese girl’s little eyes,

Que con su sola mirada

That just with her gaze,

Yo me tengo que poner rojito

I turn red all over.

Yo me casaré contigo

I will marry you,

En la iglesia de cantón

In the church of Canton,

Porque yo te quiero mucho

Because I love you so much,

Nena linda de mi corazón

Beautiful girl of my heart.

Si yo tuviera un palacio

If I had a palace,

Ahí tu serias la reina

There you would be queen,

Porque tú me tienes loco

Because you drive me crazy,

China, con esos ojitos lindos

Chinese girl, with those lovely little eyes,

Tú me tienes hechizado

You’ve cast a spell on me,

Con ese cuerpito lindo

With that sweet little body,

Yo daría toda la mi vida, nena

I’d give my whole life for you, girl,

Porque te quedes conmigo

So you stay with me,

Yo me casaré contigo

I will marry you,

Porque yo te quiero mucho

Because I love you so much,

Tú me tienes medio loco, china

You’ve got me half crazy, Chinese girl,

Con esos ojitos lindos

With those beautiful little eyes.

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Que linda es chini (mi chini)

How beautiful is my Chinese girl,

Que buena es chini (mi chini)

How good is my Chinese girl,

Chinito que chinito chinito, nonoo

Little Chinese, little Chinese, no one,

Que linda es chini (mi chini)

How beautiful is my Chinese girl,

Yo no sé que voy a hacer sin ti (mi chini)

I don't know what I’ll do without you,

Porque yo te quiero solo a ti

Because I only love you,

Oye que buena es chini (mi chini)

Hey, how good is my Chinese girl,

Oye que linda es chini (mi chini)

Hey, how lovely is my Chinese girl,

¿De quién son esos ojitos? (mi chini)

Whose little eyes are those?

Ella me dice tuyitos papito (mi chini)

She calls me "Tuyitos, daddy,"

Chinita quiere su chinito (mi chini)

Little Chinese girl wants her little Chinese guy,

Ay chinito quiere la chinita (mi chini)

Oh, little Chinese guy wants the little Chinese girl,

A la china del oriente (mi chini)

To the girl from the Orient,

Mi china, china, china (mi chini)

My Chinese girl, Chinese girl,

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El chinito vuelve a querer

The little Chinese guy wants again,

A los flito

The scarves of Puerto Rico,

Bien flito de Puerto Rico

Such good scarves,

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Que linda es chini (mi chini)

How beautiful is my Chinese girl,

Oye pero que buena es chini (mi chini)

Wow, but how good is my Chinese girl,

Que chevere, que chevere, que chevere (mi chini)

So cool, so cool, so cool,

Chevere que linda es chini (mi chini)

Cool, how beautiful is my Chinese girl,

China como yo quisiera quererte (mi chini)

Chinese girl, how I’d love to love you,

Porque sin ti prefiero la muerte (mi chini)

Because without you I prefer death,

Y no habrá sol (mi chini)

And there will be no sun,

China si no te quedas conmigo (mi chini)

Chinese girl, if you don’t stay with me,

China por dios te lo pido (mi chini)

Chinese girl, I beg you,

Tú no me dejes, no me abandones (mi chini)

Don’t leave me, don’t abandon me,

Tú no me eches al olvido (mi chini)

Don’t forget about me,

Yo me casaré contigo (mi chini)

I will marry you,

Chinito pide a la chinita (mi chini)

Little Chinese guy asks the little Chinese girl,

Ay chinita pídele a chinito (mi chini)

Oh, little Chinese girl, ask the little Chinese guy.

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ojitos /oˈxitos/ A1	noun - little eyes
linda /ˈlinda/ A1	adjective - pretty
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A1	verb - to want, to love
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A1	noun - heart
china /ˈtʃina/ A1	noun - girl, young woman
loco /ˈloko/ A2	adjective - crazy
palacio /paˈlasjo/ B1	noun - palace
reina /ˈreina/ A2	noun - queen
vida /ˈβiða/ A1	noun - life
hacer /aˈθeɾ/ A1	verb - to do, to make
abandonar /aβanˈdo.naɾ/ B1	verb - to abandon
quererte /keˈɾeɾ.te/ B1	verb - to love you
buena /ˈbwe.na/ A1	adjective - good
chevere /ˈtʃe.βe.ɾe/ B2	adjective - cool, great

Key Grammar Structures

• Yo me casaré contigo

  ➔ Futuro simple with reflexive pronoun

  ➔ The phrase shows a future intention using "me casaré" which is the first person singular of "casarse" in the simple future tense, combined with the reflexive pronoun "me".

• Porque tú me tienes loco

  ➔ Present tense with causative "tener"

  ➔ The phrase expresses a current state caused by the second person "tú" using "tienes" (you have) and "loco" (crazy), indicating that someone is made crazy by someone else.

• Que linda es chini (mi chini)

  ➔ Exclamatory sentence with ser + adjective

  ➔ This is an exclamatory statement using the verb "ser" (to be) in the present tense combined with an adjective "linda" (beautiful), expressing admiration.

• Porque yo te quiero mucho

  ➔ Because + present tense verb "querer" to express love

  ➔ This phrase shows the reason for love using "porque" (because) with the present tense of "querer" (to want/love).

• Ella me dice tuyitos papito

  ➔ Indirect speech with "decir" + indirect object pronouns

  ➔ This sentence uses "dice" (he/she says) from the verb "decir" (to say), with indirect object pronouns "me" (to me) and "tuyitos" (diminutive for "tuyos", yours), conveying speech.

• Yo daría toda la mi vida, nena

  ➔ Conditional tense expressing hypothetical action

  ➔ This sentence uses the conditional "daría" (would give) to indicate a hypothetical willingness to give all one's life for someone.