Chinese song-The duckling chased the sun-xiao ya zhui tai yang-小鸭追太阳

Thursday, April 27, 2023

Do you want to learn Chinese through songs? Here is a song named-The duckling chased the sun. Have you ever heard it before? Let's take a look.

The duckling chased the sun,
小鸭追太阳,
xiǎo  yā  zhuī  tài  yáng  ,  

I chased him to the river,
追到小河旁,
zhuī  dào  xiǎo  hé  páng  , 

Plop, plop down the river,
扑通、扑通跳下河,  
pū  tōng  、  pū  tōng  tiào  xià  hé  ,

Quack quack,
嘎嘎嘎, 
gā  gā  gā  ,  

And shouted,
直嚷嚷,
zhí  rāng  rang  ,
  
It's gone, it's gone,
不见了, 不见了,
bù  jiàn  le  ,  bù  jiàn  le  ,  

The sun and I play hide and seek, hide and seek.
太阳和我捉迷藏,捉迷藏。
tài  yáng  hé  wǒ  zhuō  mí  cáng , zhuō  mí  cáng.  

The duckling chased the sun,
小鸭追太阳,
xiǎo  yā  zhuī  tài  yáng  ,  

I chased him to the river,
追到小河旁,
zhuī  dào  xiǎo  hé  páng  , 

Plop, plop down the river,
扑通、扑通跳下河,  
pū  tōng  、  pū  tōng  tiào  xià  hé  ,

Quack quack,
嘎嘎嘎, 
gā  gā  gā  ,  

And shouted,
直嚷嚷,
zhí  rāng  rang  ,
  
It's gone, it's gone,
不见了, 不见了,
bù  jiàn  le  ,  bù  jiàn  le  ,  

The sun and I play hide and seek, hide and seek.
太阳和我捉迷藏,捉迷藏。
tài  yáng  hé  wǒ  zhuō  mí  cáng , zhuō  mí  cáng.  

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