中國話

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扁擔寬 板凳長

Flat sticks are broad, benches are long

扁擔想綁在板凳上

Trying to tie the flat stick onto the bench

扁擔寬 板凳長

Flat sticks are broad, benches are long

扁擔想綁在板凳上

Trying to tie the flat stick onto the bench

倫敦瑪莉蓮買了件旗袍送媽媽

Marilyn in London bought a cheongsam for her mom

莫斯科的夫司基愛上牛肉麵疙瘩

Fushki in Moscow fell in love with beef noodle dumplings

各種顏色的皮膚 各種顏色的頭髮

Skin of every color, hair of every shade

嘴裡念的 說的 開始流行中國話 (中國話)

Reciting and speaking, starting to popularize Chinese talk (Chinese talk)

多少年我們苦練英文發音和文法 (yeah)

Years of practicing English pronunciation and grammar (yeah)

這幾年換他們捲著舌頭學平上去入的變化

These years, they twist their tongues to learn the change from flat to rising and entering tones

平平仄仄平平仄

Level tones, rising tones, falling tones, and entering tones

好聰明的中國人 好優美的中國話

Such clever Chinese people, such beautiful Chinese talk

扁擔寬 板凳長

Flat sticks are broad, benches are long

扁擔想綁在板凳上

Trying to tie the flat stick onto the bench

板凳不讓扁擔綁在板凳上

The bench won’t let the flat stick be tied on

扁擔偏要綁在板凳上

But the flat stick insists on being tied onto the bench

板凳偏偏不讓扁擔綁在那板凳上

The bench stubbornly refuses to let the flat stick be tied there

到底扁擔寬 還是板凳長？

So, is the flat stick broad, or the bench long?

哥哥弟弟坡前坐

Brothers and younger brothers sit by the slope

坡上臥著一隻鵝 坡下流著一條河

On the slope, there's a goose lying, and a river flows below

哥哥說 寬寬的河 弟弟說 白白的鵝

Brother says, “The wide river,” brother says, “The white goose”

鵝要過河 河要渡鵝

The goose wants to cross the river, the river needs to ferry the goose

不知是那鵝過河 還是河渡鵝

Not sure whether the goose crossed the river or the river ferried the goose

全世界都在學中國話

The whole world is learning Chinese talk

孔夫子的話 越來越國際化

Confucius’s words are becoming more internationalized

全世界都在講中國話

The whole world is speaking Chinese talk

我們說的話 讓世界都認真聽話

Let the words we speak be listened to seriously by the world

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紐約蘇珊娜開了間禪風 lounge bar

Susanna in New York opened a Zen-style lounge bar

柏林來的沃夫岡拿胡琴配著電吉他

Wolfgang from Berlin plays a Huoqin with an electric guitar

各種顏色的皮膚 各種顏色的頭髮

Skin of every color, hair of every shade

嘴裡念的 說的 開始流行中國話 (中國話)

Reciting and speaking, starting to popularize Chinese talk (Chinese talk)

多少年我們苦練英文發音和文法 (yeah)

Years of practicing English pronunciation and grammar (yeah)

這幾年換他們捲著舌頭學平上去入的變化

These years, they twist their tongues to learn the change from flat to rising and entering tones

仄仄平平仄仄平

Falling and level tones, then flat and rising

好聰明的中國人 好優美的中國話

Such clever Chinese people, such beautiful Chinese talk

有個小孩叫小杜 上街打醋又買布

There’s a kid named Xiao Du, buying vinegar and cloth on the street

買了布 打了醋 回頭看見鷹抓兔

Bought cloth, bought vinegar, then saw a falcon catching a rabbit

放下布 擱下醋 上前去追鷹和兔

Put down the cloth, set aside the vinegar, chased after the eagle and the rabbit

飛了鷹 跑了兔 灑了醋 濕了布

The eagle flew away, the rabbit ran, vinegar spilled, cloth got wet

嘴說腿 腿說嘴 嘴說腿 愛跑腿

The mouth says leg, the leg says mouth; loves to run errands

腿說嘴 愛賣嘴 光動嘴 不動腿

The leg says mouth, loves to sell words; only moves lips, not legs

光動腿 不動嘴 不如不長腿和嘴

Only moving lips, not legs; better not to grow legs and mouth

到底是那嘴說腿 還是腿說嘴？

Is it the mouth saying leg, or the leg saying mouth?

全世界都在學中國話

The whole world is learning Chinese talk

孔夫子的話 越來越國際化

Confucius’s words are becoming more internationalized

全世界都在講中國話

The whole world is speaking Chinese talk

我們說的話 讓世界都認真聽話

Let the words we speak be listened to seriously by the world

(扁擔 扁扁扁擔寬 板凳長)

(Flat stick Flat Flat, broad, bench long)

(扁擔 扁扁扁擔寬 板凳長)

(Flat stick Flat Flat, broad, bench long)

(扁擔 扁扁扁擔寬)

(Flat stick Flat Flat, broad)

全世界都在學中國話

The whole world is learning Chinese talk

孔夫子的話 越來越國際化

Confucius’s words are becoming more internationalized

全世界都在講中國話

The whole world is speaking Chinese talk

我們說的話 (讓他) 讓世界 (認真) 都認真聽話

Let our words (let it) make the world (seriously) listen carefully

全世界都在學中國話 (在學中國話)

The whole world is learning Chinese talk (learning Chinese talk)

孔夫子的話 越來越國際化

Confucius’s words are becoming more internationalized

全世界都在講中國話

The whole world is speaking Chinese talk

我們說的話 (讓他) 讓世界 (認真) 都認真聽話

Let our words (let it) make the world (seriously) listen carefully

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Gramática:

• 扁擔寬 板凳長

  ➔ Adjective + noun (descriptive phrase)

  ➔ Using adjectives before nouns to describe qualities or characteristics.

• 平平仄仄平平仄

  ➔ Lexical pattern representing tonal or rhythmic structure

  ➔ A rhythmic or tonal pattern, often used in poetry or tonal languages like Chinese.

• 好聰明的中國人

  ➔ Descriptive phrase with a Relative clause (modifier + noun)

  ➔ Using a relative clause to describe the noun, emphasizing qualities.

• 全世界都在學中國話

  ➔ Subject + 在 + verb + object (progressive tense structure)

  ➔ Expressing an ongoing action with the progressive tense structure using '在'.

• 我們說的話 讓世界都認真聽話

  ➔ Relative clause + result clause (cause and effect)

  ➔ A relative clause describing the speech, followed by a result clause indicating impact.

• 到底扁擔寬 還是板凳長？

  ➔ Question with 到底 to emphasize inquiry about true nature

  ➔ Using 内到底 to intensify the question about the true state or nature of something.