Mandarin tongue twisters
四 是 四 ， 十 是 十 ， 十 四 是 十 四 ， 四 十 是 四 十 (sì shì sì, shí shì shí, shí sì shì shí sì, sì shí shì sì shí)
four is four, ten is ten, fourteen is fourteen, forty is forty
知道就说知道, 不知道就说不知道, 不要知道说不知道, 也不要不知道说知道, 你知道不知道? (zhī dào jiù shuō zhī dào, bù zhī dào jiù shuō bu zhī dào, bù yào zhī dào shuō bu zhī dào, yě bù yào bù zhī dào shuō zhī dào, nǐ zhīdào bù zhīdào?)
If you know say you know, if you don’t know say you don’t know, don’t say you know when you don’t know, and don’t not know and say you know, do you know?
扁担长，板凳宽，扁担要绑在板凳上, 板凳不让扁担绑在板凳上，扁担非要绑在板凳上。(biǎn dàn cháng, bǎn dèng kuān, biǎn dàn bǎng zài le bǎn dèng shàng, bǎn dèng bú ràng biǎn dàn bǎng zài bǎn dèng shàng, biǎn dàn fēi yào bǎng zài bǎn dèng shàng.)
A bamboo pole is long, and a bench is wide. The bamboo pole was bound to the bench. The bench did not allow the pole to be bound to it, but the pole insisted on being bound to the bench.
青青山上一根藤，青藤底下挂铜铃，风吹藤动铜铃动，风停藤停铜铃停。(Qīng qīng shān shàng yī gēn téng, qīng téng dĭ xià guà tóng líng, Fēng chuī téng dòng tóng líng dòng, fēng tíng téng tíng tóng líng tíng.)
On a green mountain grows a vine. Under the vine there hangs a copper bell. When the wind blows, the vine moves, and so does the bell. When the wind stops, the vine stops, and the bell stops too.
鸟岛是岛，鸟岛有鸟。鸟岛的鸟多得数不清了。要想到鸟岛，一定要爱鸟。你不爱小鸟 就别到鸟岛。(niáo dǎo shì dǎo, niáo dǎo yóu niǎo. niáo dǎo de niǎo duō de shǔ bù qīng le. yào xiǎng dào niáo dǎo, yī dìng yào ài niǎo. nǐ bú ài xiáo niǎo jiù bié dào niáo dǎo.)
Bird Island is an island; Bird Island has birds. The birds on Bird Island are countless. If you wish to go to Bird Island, you must love birds. If you don’t love small birds, don’t go to Bird Island.
西施死時四十四。 (Xī Shī sǐ shí sì shí sì.)
Xi Shi died at 44.
i havent even started learning chinese yet and i want to fucking die
@korlangly as a chinese learner, mood
