Chinese Tongue Twister 中文绕口令

A Chinese tougue twister practice will be a good way to improve your Chinese pronunciation. Try to read twisters clearly but slowly at first, and then speed up.

1. sì shì sì
四是四
shí shí shí
十是十
shísì shì shísì
十四是十四
sìshí shì sìshí
四十是四十
sìshísì zhī shíshīzi shì sǐde
四十四只石狮子是死的

Four is four, ten is ten, fourteen is fourteen, forty is forty, forty-four stone lions are dead.

2. qīngqīng shān shàng yīgēn téng
青青山上一根藤
qīng téng dǐxià guà tóng ling
青藤底下挂铜铃
fēng chuī téng dòng tóng líng dòng
风吹藤动铜铃动
fēng tíng téng tíng tóng líng tíng
风停藤停铜铃停

On a green mountain grows a vine. Under the vine there hangs a copper bell. When the wind blows, the vine moves and so does the bell. When the wind stops, the vine stops and the bell stops too.

3. pén hé píng
盆和瓶
zhuō shàng yǒu gè pén
桌上有个盆
pén lǐ yǒu gè píng
盆里有个瓶
pēng pēng pēng
砰砰砰
shì píng pèng pén
是瓶碰盆
hái shì pén pèng píng
还是盆碰瓶

Pan and Bottle. A pan on the table, there's a bottle in the pan, bang, bang, bang. Is it the bottle hitting the pan or the pan hitting the bottle? 

4. biǎndàn cháng
扁担长
bǎn dèng kuān
板凳宽
biǎndàn bǐ bǎndèng cháng
扁担比板凳长
bǎndèng bǐ biǎndàn kuān
板凳比扁担宽
biǎndàn bǎng zàile bǎndèng shàng
扁担绑在了板凳上
bǎndèng bú ràng biǎndàn bǎng zài bǎndèng shàng
板凳不让扁担绑在板凳上
biǎndàn fēi yāo bǎng zài bǎndèng shàng
扁担非要绑在板凳上

The shoulder pole is long, the wooden bench is broad, the shoulder pole is longer than the wooden bench, the wooden bench is broader than the shoulder pole. The shoulder pole is tied around the wooden bench, the wooden bench doesn't allow the shoulder pole to be tied around the wooden bench, the shoulder pole simply must be tied around the wooden bench.

Is it interesting to practice it? In fact, the more you practice the agiler your tongue will be, that will help you to improve your Chinese pronunciation quickly.