Xiǎo Hào Zī, Shàng Dēng Tái
(Little Mouse Climbing the Oil Lamp)
Traditional Chinese Nursery Rhyme
Music by Xu Hong Shuai
This is a very well-known Chinese nursery rhyme. The melodic focus is on do. The video demonstrates how I learned to sing the song.
Pinyin Version |
Xiǎo hào zī,
shàng dēng tái, pá de gāo, xià bù lái, zhī zhī niǔ niǔ jiào nǎi nǎi, nǎi nǎi gěi wǒ bào xià lái. |
English Translation |
Climbing very high up the oil lamp
and can’t get down, (zhi zhi... - mouse sounds) Calling to Grandmother Mouse Grandma comes and carries the little mouse down. |
Chinese Text |
⼩小耗⼦子，
上灯台， 爬得⾼高， 下不不来， 吱吱扭扭叫奶奶， 奶奶给我抱下来。 |
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