Duì Huáng Xiè
(Yellow Crab Song)
Traditional Chinese Nursery Rhyme
Music by Xu Hong Shuai
This Chinese nursery rhyme is set in a question and answer style. The first verse is asking the questions and the second verse provides the answers. The melodic focus of this song is the emphasis on the tone re.
Pinyin Version |
Wǒ chàng shān gē lái wèn nǐ, yì zhī huáng xiè jǐ zhī áo?
Jǐ gè tóu jìng jǐ gè tián? Jǐ zhī xiǎo jiǎo wǎng qián pǎo? Wǒ chàng shān gē huí dá nǐ, yì zhī huáng xiè liǎng zhī áo, yí gè tóu jìng yí gè tián? Bā zhī xiǎo jiǎo wǎng qián pǎo. |
English Translation |
I am singing a song to ask you,
How many claws does a yellow crab have? How many heads, how many shells And how many little legs for running? I am singing a song to answer you, One yellow crab has two claws, One head, one shell And eight little legs for running. |
Chinese Text |
对⻩黄蟹
1. (Q) 我唱⼭山歌来问你,⼀一只⻩黄蟹⼏几只螯? ⼏几个头颈⼏几个⽥田?⼏几只⼩小脚往前跑? 2. (A) 我唱⼭山歌回答你,⼀一只⻩黄蟹两只螯, ⼀一个头颈⼀一个⽥田,⼋八只⼩小脚往前跑。 |
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