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Chinese children’s song: Two Tigers 两只老虎
(Are you sleeping Brother John)
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Play the music and practice:

两只老虎，两只老虎，
Liǎng zhī lǎohǔ，liǎng zhī lǎohǔ，
跑得快，跑得快！
Pǎo dé kuài，pǎo dé kuài！
一只没有耳朵，
yī zhī méiyǒu ěrduǒ，
一只没有尾巴。
Yī zhī méiyǒu wěiba，
真奇怪，真奇怪。
Zhēn qíguài，zhēn qíguài！
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English translation:
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Two tigers, two tigers
Run so fast, run so fast
One has no ears
One has no tail
So strange! So strange!
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Download Two tigers mp3:
http://www.learn-chinese-songs.com/LiangZhiLaoHu.mp3
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Any problems in this Chinese […]

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1. Chinese greetings on arrival
你好。Nǐ hǎo。- Hello! (you + good)
你好吗？Nǐ hǎo ma? — How are you (you + good + ma)?
我很好。Wǒ hěnhǎo. — I am doing very well. (I + very good.)
请进。Qǐng jìn。- Please come on in. (Please + enter)
请坐。Qǐng zuò. — Please take a seat. […]

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—- Talk about TIME of the day in Chinese —-
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早上 zǎoshang, morning
中午 zhōngwǔ, noon
下午 xiàwǔ, afternoon
晚上 wǎnshang, evening, night

早上 好 zǎoshang hǎo. Good morning!
下午 好 xiàwǔ hǎo. Good afternoon!
晚上 好 wǎnshang hǎo. Good night!

o’clock (点钟 diǎnzhōng) - 9:00 (jiǔ diǎnzhōng 九点钟)
half = 30 minutes (bàn 半) - 7:30 (qī diǎn bàn 七点半)
minute (fēn分) - 3:56 […]

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—- Learn about Chinese greetings (Taiwan/Hong Kong) —-
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People from Taiwan and HK prefer saying “……安 ān!”, but people from China Mainland prefer saying “…好 hǎo!”, because in general Chinese people say “你好 Nihao!” for any time of the day. Also you can replace “你好 Nihao!” with the following greetings at different time of the day.
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早安 […]