Happy Birthday in 3 Languages
Singapore will be 50 years old tomorrow. Here is the Happy Birthday song in 3 languages. Happy Birthday Singapore! Here’s how to say Happy Birthday in Chinese: zhù nǐ shēngri kuàilè 祝你生日快乐 And in Japanese: o tan...
Category: songs
Children’s Song – 小白船 Little White Boat
If you had to choose just one children’s song in Mandarin to learn, let it be this one! It is popular not just among Chinese speaking communities, but also in Korea, since it is where it originated,...
I love you – the Chinese way
Are you aware that for the Chinese, it’s double Valentine’s this year? CNY ends today, the 15th of the first month. This day is called 元宵节 (Yuánxiāo Jié) or 灯节 (Dēng Jié – Lantern Festival). It is...
Song – We Have A Guest!《客人来》
Have you learnt the Little Snail song? Here’s another song for you to learn. A children’s song again, this time a popular one! It’s called《客人来》(Kèrén lái) – ‘kèrén’ meaning ‘guest, visitor’, and ‘lái’, ‘to come, to visit’....
Song – Little Snail《小蜗牛》
How about learning Chinese through songs? Here’s a children’s song I wrote a decade ago. Snail_01_Mix 小蜗牛 xiǎo wō niú xiǎo wō niú màn mān pá 小蜗牛小蜗牛慢慢爬 cǎo dì li yè zi shang màn mān pá...
A Song To Remember
While I’ve noticed that Westerners don’t seem to love karaoke as much as Asians, nevertheless, it’d be fun to learn a couple of popular songs, and songs are definitely a good aid in language learning! One song...
