Dǎ Qiáo Mài
(Threshing the Buckwheat)
Traditional Chinese Nursery Rhyme
Music by Xu Hong Shuai
A traditional Beijing rhyme about threshing buckwheat set to music.
This is an excellent song to practice counting in Chinese from 1-9.
The song focuses on the notes la, so and mi.
This is an excellent song to practice counting in Chinese from 1-9.
The song focuses on the notes la, so and mi.
Pinyin Version |
1)Yī luó mài ya, liǎng luó mài,
San luó kāi shǐ dǎ qiáo mài, 2)Sì luó mài ya, wǔ luó mài, liù luó kāi shǐ dǎ qiáo mài, 3)qi luó mài ya, bà luó mài, jiǔ luó kāi shǐ dǎ qiáo mài, pī pī pā pī pī pā pī pī pā pā pī pī pā |
English Translation |
One basket full of buckwheat
Two baskets full of buckwheat Three baskets full of buckwheat Start threshing the buckwheat! Four baskets full of buckwheat Five baskets full of buckwheat Six baskets full of buckwheat Start threshing the buckwheat! Seven baskets full of buckwheat Eight baskets full of buckwheat Nine baskets full of buckwheat |
Chinese Text |
打荞麦
1. 一罗麦(呀), 两罗麦，三罗开始打荞麦， 2. 四罗麦(呀), 五罗麦，六罗开始打荞麦， 3. 七罗麦(呀), 八罗麦，九罗开始打荞麦， 1-3 劈劈啪，劈劈啪，劈劈啪啪，劈劈啪。 |
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