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Two Tigers (nursery Rhyme)
Two Tigers is a popular traditional Standard Mandarin, Mandarin nursery rhyme called "Liang Zhi Lao Hu" in Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin. Variations adopt the tune of the France, French melody "Frère Jacques", "Where is Thumbkin", or the third movement of Mahler's "Symphony No. 1 (Mahler), Symphony No. 1"Fei-Lin Hsiao, ''Perception of Familiar Melodies and Tonal Speech by Taiwanese Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients'', ProQuest, 2006 The tune depicts two high-spirited baby tigers, tussling to the point that they have bitten off select body parts. It is particularly popular amongst parents of toddlers born in the Tiger (zodiac), Year of the Tiger. Lyrics Traditional Chinese Lyrics : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Simplified Chinese Lyrics : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Translated English Lyrics : Two small tigers, : Two small tigers, : Run so fast, : Run so fast! : One does not have ears! (''or:'' One does not have eyes!) : On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standard Mandarin
Standard Chinese ()—in linguistics Standard Northern Mandarin or Standard Beijing Mandarin, in common speech simply Mandarin, better qualified as Standard Mandarin, Modern Standard Mandarin or Standard Mandarin Chinese—is a modern standardized form of Mandarin Chinese that was first developed during the Republican Era (1912‒1949). It is designated as the official language of mainland China and a major language in the United Nations, Singapore, and Taiwan. It is largely based on the Beijing dialect. Standard Chinese is a pluricentric language with local standards in mainland China, Taiwan and Singapore that mainly differ in their lexicon. Hong Kong written Chinese, used for formal written communication in Hong Kong and Macau, is a form of Standard Chinese that is read aloud with the Cantonese reading of characters. Like other Sinitic languages, Standard Chinese is a tonal language with topic-prominent organization and subject–verb–object (SVO) word order. Compar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
