Learn Chinese – learn Mandarin – How to say “My grandfather got a fever. One moment he felt cold, one moment he felt hot.” in Chinese: 我爷爷发烧，他一会儿觉得冷，一会儿觉得热。Wo3 ye2 ye5 fa1 shao1, ta1 yi4 hui3 er5 jue2 de5 leng3 yi4 hui3 er5 jue2 de5 re4.

Posted on 10/27/2011 by Chinesetolearn

Learn Chinese – learn Mandarin – How to say “My grandfather got a fever. One moment he felt cold, one moment he felt hot.” in Chinese: 我爷爷发烧，他一会儿觉得冷，一会儿觉得热。Wo3 ye2 ye5 fa1 shao1, ta1 yi4 hui3 er5 jue2 de5 leng3 yi4 hui3 er5 jue2 de5 re4. Wo3 (我 wo3 is wo3 de5 for short, means my) ye2 ye5 (爷爷 grandfather) fa1 shao1 (发烧 got a fever, fa1 means getting or developing; shao1 mean hot ( high temperature)) , ta1 (他 he) yi4 hui3 er5 (一会儿 a little while, yi4 is one, hui3 means moment, er5 is a habitual word after certain nouns. People in the northern China love to roll back their tongue and make er5 sound)jue2 de5 (觉得 fee) leng3 (冷cold) yi4 hui3 er5 (一会儿 a little while) jue2 de5 (觉得 feel) re4 (热 hot). There are two different grandfathers: the one on the maternal side is called wai4 gong1 外公, and the one on the paternal side is called ye2 ye5 爷爷.

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Learn to sing Chinese children’s song 小毛驴 xiao3 mao2 lu2 Little donkey: song, lyrics, pinyin, English translation, played by traditional Chinese musical instrument gu3 zheng1 古筝 zither

Posted on 10/26/2011 by Chinesetolearn


小毛驴 xiao3 mao2 lu2 Little donkey

我有一只小毛驴，我从来也不骑
wo3 you3 yi4 zhi1 xiao3 mao2 lu2,wo3 cong2 lai2 ye3 bu4 qi2
I have a little donkey, but I had never ridden on it.

有一天我心血来潮，骑着去赶集
you3 yi4 tian1 wo3 xin1 xue3 lai2 chao2, qi2 zhe5 qu4 gan3 ji2
One day on a whim, I feel like riding it to the market

我手里拿着小皮鞭，我心里真得意
wo3 shuo3 li5 na2 zhe5 xiao3 pi2 bian1, wo3 xin1 li3 zhen1 de2 yi4
I had a little whip on my hand. I felt so proud of myself.

不知怎么，哗啦啦..，我摔了一身泥
bu4 zhi1 zhen3 me5, hua1 la1 la5, wo3 shuai1 le5 yi4 shen1 ni2
I did not know why; suddenly, I fell into the ground and got muddy all over!

Translated by Shu

This is the melody of Xiao Mao lu played by a traditional Chinese instrument called gu3 zheng1 古筝 zither.

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