Xiao Kui Posted December 4, 2005 at 02:14 PM Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 at 02:14 PM I'm looking for the Chinese equivalent of "head shoulders knees and toes" I don't mean a word for word translation of that song (doesn't work with the rhythm), but any Chinese children's song about body parts, that kids sing to learn the parts of the body, or just for fun. Some friends are studying Chinese and want an easy way to memorize body parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owshawng Posted January 23, 2006 at 09:06 AM Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 at 09:06 AM They could get a copy of "Dance & Learn Chinese with Mei Mei". The DVD has 20 children songs from both the west and china, including Head, Shoulders Knees, and Feet Happy Birthday Row Your Boat The songs are sung in chinese by the teacher and then by native mandarin speaking children. A pamphlet comes with the DVD showing the lyrics in characters, pin-yin, and english. I think It's about $25 US on amazon.com. Mei Mei has her own website www.meimeiandme.com The pamphlet from Dance & Learn with Mei Mei says that Mei Mei is from Anhui province in China, has a master's in education from Rhode Island College in the US and has been teaching Chinese for over 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long2John Posted February 4, 2006 at 02:36 PM Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 at 02:36 PM It's not realy many parts of the body but kids in Taiwan sing this one, da tou (Big Head) da tou da tou (big head big head) xia yu bu chou (when it rains there is nothing to dread) ni you yu san (you have an umbrella) wo you da tou (I have my big head) I have also seen on a kids TV show about learning mandarin, where to the tune of Heads, shoulders, knees and toes, they sang yangjing, bizi, erduo, zuiba (eyes, nose, ears mouth) The chinese version rhymes much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted February 4, 2006 at 03:08 PM Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 at 03:08 PM yangjing, I think it is something else ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long2John Posted February 5, 2006 at 02:12 PM Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 at 02:12 PM Sorry I mean yan3 jing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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