Mandarin Chinese nursery rhymes, children’s song 小老鼠上灯台 Xiao lao shu shang deng tai Little mouse goes on lampstand: lyrics, pinyin and English translation

小老鼠上灯台

小老鼠上灯台
xiǎo lǎoshǔ shàng dēngtái

Little mouse goes on lampstand

小(small)老鼠(mouse/rat)上(go on)灯台(lampstand)

小老鼠 上灯台,
xiǎo lǎoshǔ shàng dēngtái ,
The little mouse climbed up the lampstand

小(small)老鼠(mouse/rat)上(go on)灯台(lampstand)

偷吃油 下不来,
tōuchī yóu xiàbùlái ,
Stealthily ate oil and was not able to come down (the lampstand).

偷(stealthily)吃(eat)油(oil) 下(go down)不(not)来(come),

喵喵喵 猫来啦,
miāo miāo miāo māo lái la ,
Meow, meow, meow, here came the cat.
喵 (onom. meow) 喵(onom. meow) 喵(onom. meow) 猫(cat)来(come)啦 (sentence-final particle)

叽哩咕噜滚下来。
jīligūlū gǔn xiàlai 。
Ji-li-gu-lu down fell the mouse.

叽哩咕噜(onom.the sound of things falling)滚(to roll)下来 (to come down)。

Translated by Shu

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