Chinese, Mandarin Tongue Twisters 绕口令 (rào kǒu lìng)

zhuō shàng yǒu gè pén, pén lǐ yǒu gè píng, pèng pèng pèng, shì píng pèng pén, hái shì pén pèng píng.

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?

niúláng liàn liúniáng liúniáng niàn niúláng niúláng niánnián liàn liúniáng liúniáng liánlián niàn niúláng.

The cowboy longs for Miss Liu (surname). Miss Liu pines for the cowboy. The cowboy longs for Miss Liu year in, year out. Miss Liu pines for the cowboy forever and ever.

lǎotóur duān tāng shàng tǎ tāng tàng tǎ huá tāng sǎ tāng tàng tǎ.

An old man, holding (a bowl of) soup, climbed up a tower. The soup was hot. The tower (steps) slippery; (so) the soup got spilled (and) the soup scalded the tower (steps).

Qiáng-shang guà miàn gǔ. Gǔ-shang huà lǎohǔ. Lǎohǔ zhuāpòle gǔ. Ná kuài bù lái bǔ, Bùzhīdào shì bù bǔ gǔ, háishi bù bǔ hǔ.

On the wall hangs a drum, on which a tiger is painted. The tiger clawed a hole into the drum. Taking a piece of cloth to repair it, I didn’t know whether the cloth was mending the drum or the cloth was mending the tiger.

mā mā qí mǎ, mǎ màn, mā mā mà mǎ.

Mother is riding a horse. The horse moves slowly. Mother chides the horse.

Niuniu (Kid's nickname) drives an ox, but the ox is too stubborn to move, so he pinches it.

Red phoenix, pink phoenix, pink-red phoenix.

lǎoshī shì sìshísì, shì bú shì?

The teacher is 44, isn't (s)he?

qīng qīng shān shàng yī gēn téng qīng téng dǐ xià guà tóng líng fēng chuī téng dòng tóng líng dòng fēng tíng téng tíng tóng líng tíng

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.

A bamboo pole is long, and a bench is wide. The bamboo pole was bound to the bench. The bench did not allow the pole to be bound to it, but the pole insisted on being bound to the bench.

chī pútáo bù tǔ pútáo pí bù chī pútáo dào tǔ pútáo pí.

When eating grapes don't spit out the skin, when not eating grapes spit out the skin.

sì shì sì shí shì shí shí sì shì shí sì sì shí shì sì shí sì shí sì zhī shí shī zǐ shì sǐ de.

4 is 4, 10 is 10, 14 is 14, 40 is 40, 44 stone lions are dead.

Lí hé ní Shù shàng yǒu lí, dì shàng yǒu ní. Fēng guā lí, lì luò dì. Lǐ gǔn ní, ní zhān lí.

There's a pear on the tree; mud on the ground. The wind blows the pears; the pears fall to the ground. The pears roll in the mud; the mud sticks to the pears

Xī Shī sǐshí sìshísì.

The Useful Lady of the West was 44 years old at the time of her death.

Lǎoshī shìbúshi sìshísìsuìde?

Is the teacher a 44-year-old?

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 NOT know and say you DO know. You know?

The mute has a trumpet. The lama has a (Tibetan) fish. The mute wants the lama's fish. The lama wants the mute's trumpet. The mute gave the lama his trumpet. The lama gave the mute his fish. The mute has a fish. The lama has a trumpet.

Hóng fènghuáng huáng fènghuáng fěnhóng fènghuáng fěn fènghuáng fēi

Red phoenix, yellow phoenix, pink phoenix, pink phoenix fly

sìshí shì sìshí sìshí bǔ shì shísì shísì bǔ shì sìshí shísì shì shísì

40 IS 40, 40 IS NOT 14, 14 IS NOT 40, 14 IS 14.

biǎn dàn kuān bǎn dèng cháng biǎn dàn xiǎng bǎng zài bǎn dèng shàng bǎn dèng bǔ ràng biǎn dàn bǎn zài bǎn dèng shàng biǎn dàn piān yào bǎng zài bǎn dèng shàng bǎn dèng piān piān bú ràng biǎn dàn bǎng zài nà báng dèng shàng dào dǐ biǎn dàn kuān hái shì bán dèng cháng

The tongue twister is about shoulder pole and a wooden stool …

zuǐ shuō tuí tuí shuō zuí zuǐ shuō tuí ài páo tuí tuí shuō zuí ài mài zuí guáng dòng zuí bǔ dòng tuí guáng dòng tuí bǔ dòng zuí bù rú bú zhǎng tuí hé zuí

It is about mouth and feet

cūn qián yǒu gè yán yuán yǎn cūn hòu yǒu g4 yán yǎn yuán bù zhī yán yuán yǎn dē yǎn yuán hái shì yán yǎn yuán dē yǎn yuán?

In front of the village there is a Yan Yuanyan. Behind the village, there is a Yan Yanyuan. Don't know if Yan Yuanyan's eyes are rounder or Yan Yanyuan's eyes are rounder.

hēi huà féi fā huī, huī huà féi fā hēi. hēi huà féi fā huī huì huī fā, huī huà féi huī fā huì fā hēi.

Black chemical fertilizer can turn gray, Gray chemical fertilizer can turn black; Black chemical fertilizer may evaporate when it turns gray, Gray chemical fertilizer may turn black when it evaporates.

Shī Shì shí shī shǐ Shíshì shīshì Shī Shì, shì shī, shì shí shí shī. Shì shíshí shì shì shì shī. Shí shí, shì shí shī shì shì. Shì shí, shì Shī Shì shì shì. Shì shì shì shí shī, shì shǐ shì, shǐ shì shí shī shìshì. Shì shí shì shí shī shī, shì shíshì. Shíshì shī, Shì shǐ shì shì shíshì. Shíshì shì, Shì shǐ shì shí shì shí shī. Shí shí, shǐ shí shì shí shī, shí shí shí shī shī. Shì shì shì shì.

Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Room. Mr. Shi, the poet from a stone room, likes to eat lions. He promises solemnly, that he will eat ten lions. Regularly he goes to the market to look at the lions. …

chī pútáo tǔ pútáo pí ér, bù chī pútáo bù tǔ pútáo pí ér. chī pútáo bù tǔ pútáo pí ér, bù chī pútáo dào tǔ pútáo pí ér.

Eat grapes throw out their skins, don't eat grapes don't throw out their skins. Eat grapes don't throw out their skins, don't eat grapes throw out their skins.

hēi húdǐe fēi, hūi húdǐe fēi, hēi húdǐe fēiwán, hūi húdǐe fēi.

The black butterfly flies, the gray butterfly flies, after the black butterfly flies, the gray butterfly flies.

Green haired, green haired frog, fluffy haired, fluffy haired

Nine mice stealing and eating chicken eggs

Old eagle catching a small chicken

The wind blows, the rain falls

The long-necked deer's long neck

Black cats like to eat black mice

The teacher teaches us to sing, we sing very well

Buy a cat, sell a cat

The cat climbs the tree, the dog watches

Little cat meow, cat meow meow

Six babies are drinking tea

Three little pigs are eating apples

Ants and ants are doing ant things

China has Chinese

I want to go on a trip, go sightseeing, go see the sights

Rabbits and ducks are walking on the Great Wall

I like to eat hot pot

Three little tigers are picking strawberries

The little bird sings, the little flower dances