Dǎ Huā Pāi
(Clapping Together)
Traditional Chinese Nursery Rhyme
Music by Xu Hong Shuai
This Beijing nursery rhyme can be used as a clapping game. Students can partner up and clap their own hands then partner clap right, clap own, partner clap left and repeat pattern throughout the song. Notes in the song include la, so and mi.
Pinyin Version |
Nǐ pāi yī, wǒ pāi yī, yì zhī kǒng què chuān huā yī.
Nǐ pāi èr, wǒ pāi èr, liǎng zhī xiǎo yā shàng hé yan er. Nǐ pāi sān, wǒ pāi sān, sān zhī qǐ é shàng bīng shān. Nǐ pāi sì, wǒ pāi sì, sì zhī xiáng māo chī zhú zì. |
English Translation |
1)You clap once, I clap once, one peacock wearing beautiful clothes.
2)You clap twice, I clap twice, two little ducklings go up the riverbank. 3)You clap three times, I clap three times, three penguins climbing up the iceberg. 4)You clap four times, I clap four times, four pandas eating bamboo. |
Chinese Text |
打花拍
你拍一，我拍一，一隻孔雀穿花衣。 你拍二，我拍二，兩只小鴨上河沿(兒)。 你拍三，我拍三，三隻企鵝上冰山。 你拍四，我拍四，四隻熊貓吃竹子。 |
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