Tongue Twister – 绕口令

from Learn Chinese Everyday 每日学华语 by Min Min

• 绕口令（ rào kǒu lìng ）, tongue twister / poem, is useful for you to practice Chinese pronunciation correctly.
• While preparing my Pinyin ebook, I have included the following 绕口令 into the book. And I am going to share the 绕口令 here today.
• Here are the 3 words that you need to pay attention to.

	兔子 (tù zi)	rabbit	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
	裤子 (kù zi)	pants	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
	肚子 (dù zi)	stomach; belly	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]

小 兔 子 做 裤 子 xiǎo tù zi zuò kù zi Little rabbit makes pants [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

量 了 裤 子 量 肚 子 liàng le kù zi liàng dù zi measured pants then measured belly [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

做 好 裤 子 提 不 上 肚 子 zuò hǎo kù zi tí bú shàng dù zi made pants but can’t pull it over belly [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

小 兔 子 看 裤 子 xiǎo tù zi kàn kù zi little rabbit looks at pants [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

不 知 是 没 量 准 裤 子 bú zhī shì méi liàng zhǔn kù zi not sure if measured wrong pants [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

还 是 没 量 准 肚 子 hái shì méi liàng zhǔn dù zi or measured wrong belly [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

• Here is the complete poem. Practice with the right pronunciation until you can read it with no mistakes.

小兔子做裤子，

量了裤子量肚子，

做好裤子提不上肚子，

小兔子看裤子，

不知是没量准裤子，

还是没量准肚子。

• Female voice:
  

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• Male voice
  

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• For vocabulary, here are a few new words:
  

  	量 :	measure
  	提 :	carry, raise
  	准 :	accurate

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