- 绕口令( rào kǒu lìng ), tongue twister / poem, is useful for you to practice Chinese pronunciation correctly.
- Today, we are going to try another short 绕口令 for tones (声调).
- We have learnt about tones before, and here is the link.
- Same as the previous tongue twister – 妈妈骑马 (here), this tongue twister has only 3 short sentenses:
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A little girl is herding the cows. |
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One of the cows is stubborn. |
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- Here is the complete poem. Practice with the correct tones until you can read it with no mistakes.
妞 妞 赶 牛 , |
牛 拧 , |
妞 妞 扭 牛 。 |
- Complete voice:
- For vocabulary:
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妞妞 |
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[Spoken] A little girl. |
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赶 |
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herd |
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牛 |
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cow |
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拧 |
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stuborn |
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扭 |
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pinch; twist |
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