Hardest Chinese tongue twister you need to know

We all love a good tongue twister. Because of tones, Chinese tongue twister can be combinations of the same phonetic sounds over and over but with changing tones to make a phrase. If you want to impress your Chinese friends, learn some hardest Chinese tongue twisters from these videos and wow them with your skills. Moreover, you can improve your pronunciation skills while practicing these tongue twisters. Check out this Chinese Tongue Twister Challenge from Learn Chinese language with Emma.

Vocabulary

繞口令	绕口令	ràokǒulìng	Tongue Twisters
媽	妈	mā	mom
吃	吃	chī	eat
吃葡萄不吃葡萄皮	吃葡萄不吃葡萄皮	chī pútáo bù chī pútáo pí	eat grapes don’t eat grape skin
四十四	四十四	sìshí sì	forty-four
十是十	十是十	shí shì shí	ten is ten
十四是十四	十四是十四	shí sì shì shí sì	fourteen is fourteen
四十是四十	四十是四十	sì shí shì sì shí	forty is forty
媽媽騎馬	妈妈骑马	māmā qímǎ	mom rides
馬曼	马曼	mǎ màn	horse slow
媽媽駡馬 馬	妈妈骂马 马	māmā mà mǎ mǎ	mom scolds the horse
騎	骑	qí	ride
葡萄皮	葡萄皮	pútáo pí	grapeskin

Nevertheless, we prepare more interesting Chinese tongue twisters in case you are already a master!

知道就说知道
不知道就说不知道
不要知道说不知道
也不要不知道说知道
你知道不知道？

zhīdào jiù shuō zhīdào
bù zhīdào jiù shuō bù zhīdào
bū yào zhīdào shuō bù zhīdào
yě bū yào bù zhīdào shuō zhīdào
nǐ zhīdào bù zhīdào?

If you know, just say you know. If you don’t know, just say you don’t know. You shouldn’t know and say you don’t know. And you shouldn’t know and say you know. Do you know or not?

 

鸟岛是岛，
鸟岛有鸟。
鸟岛的鸟多得数不清了。
要想到鸟岛，
一定要爱鸟。
你不爱小鸟
就别到鸟岛。

niáo dǎo shì dǎo,
niáo dǎo yóu niǎo.
niáo dǎo de niǎo duō de shǔ bù qīng le.
yào xiǎng dào niáo dǎo,
yī dìng yào ài niǎo.
nǐ bú ài xiáo niǎo
jiù bié dào niáo dǎo.

Bird Island is an island;
Bird Island has birds.
The birds on Bird Island are countless.
If you wish to go to Bird Island,
you must love birds.
If you don’t love small birds,
don’t go to Bird Island

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