中国话 – Chinese Language

扁担宽板凳长 Bian dan huan, ban deng chang, (tone:3,4,1,3,4,2)
( A shoulder pole is wide ; a bench is long )
扁担想绑在板凳上Bian dan xiang bang zai ban deng shang, (tone:3,4,3,3,4,3,4,4)
(The shoulder pole wants to be tied to the bench)

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Ha ha…it’s a tongue twister from a song called中国话(Chinese Language) by S.H.E. I was introduced to this song in my interpretation class today. This song_WOW_totally cracked me up and made me feel so proud of being a Chinese and speaking Chinese! It uses many FUNNY tongue twisters (like the one above and below) in Rap music form and sends out a message – 全世界都在学中国话- People in the whole world are learning Chinese. Chinese is SO popular now!!!

Here’s the link for free download of the song:
http://play8.tom.com/uploadfile/song/200704/17/1176801075_274399.mp3

There’re more funny tongue twisters in the lyrics, check it out! Lyric link:
http://mp3.baidu.com/m?tn=baidump3lyric&word=中国话&ct=150994944&lm=-1&lf=3

P.S. If you have no problem with the above tongue twister, challenge yourself with the following one and not worry about the tone! (Even if you are a Chienese.) Enjoy! : )

板凳不让扁担绑在板凳上 Ban deng bu rang bian dan bang zai ban deng shang,
(The bench doesn’t let the shoulder pole be tie to the bench )

扁担偏要绑在板凳上 Bian dan pian yao bang zai ban deng shang
(The shoulder pole insists on being tied to the bench)

板凳偏偏不让扁担绑在那板凳上 Ban deng pian pian bu rang bian dan bang zai na ban deng shang
(The bench insists on not letting the shoulder pole be tied to the bench)

到底扁担宽还是板凳长 Dao di bian dan huan hai shi ban deng chang
(On earth, which is greater, the width of the shoulder pole or the length of the bench?)