Two Tigers (nursery rhyme)
Two Tigers is a popular Mandarin nursery rhyme called "Liang Zhi Lao Hu" in Mandarin. Variations adopt the tune of the French melody Frère Jacques.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Lyrics[]
Lyrics in Chinese characters[]
- 两只老虎，
- 两只老虎，
- 跑得快，
- 跑得快，
- 一只没有眼睛， (or: 一只没有耳朵)
- 一只没有尾巴，
- 真奇怪，
- 真奇怪。
Lyrics in pinyin[]
- Liǎng zhī lǎohǔ,
- Liǎng zhī lǎohǔ,
- Pǎo de kuài,
- Pǎo de kuài,
- Yī zhī méiyǒu ěrduo
- Yī zhī méiyǒu wěiba,
- Zhēn qí guài,
- Zhēn qí guài.
English translation[]
- Two little tigers,
- Two little tigers,
- (They) run very fast,
- (They) run very fast,
- One has no eyes (or: One has no ears),
- One has no tail,
- Very weird,
- Very weird.
References[]
- ^ Ya-feng Wu and Hsing-ying Li, Gothic Crossings: Medieval to Postmodern, National Taiwan University Press, 2011, p 338
- ^ Two Tigers - Taiwanese Children's Songs - Taiwan - Mama Lisa's World: Children's Songs and Rhymes from Around the World
- ^ "Two Tigers", Good Kids
- ^ "Chinese Children's Songs", Chinese For Kids
- ^ "Il Divo singing Chinese nursery rhyme "Two Tigers"(两只老虎) on "Life of Music" with Sun Xiaomei", First Post
- ^ Fei-Lin Hsiao, Perception of Familiar Melodies and Tonal Speech by Taiwanese Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients, ProQuest, 2006
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- Chinese nursery rhymes
- Chinese children's songs
- Chinese folk songs
- Traditional children's songs
- Fictional tigers
- Fictional duos
- Songs about cats
- Songs about mammals