One Simple Song to Practise Chinese - Part 1

In the coming few weeks, I’d be sharing with you a few Mandarin songs specifically selected, which are good for Beginner-Intermediate level.

Song of the day: 童话 tóng huà (Fairy Tale)

A little note about the song:

• A very famous song used to overwhelm China and Taiwan

• Simple and repeated wordings make you easier to memorise

• All words appeared are commonly used

Easy enough, the video clip contains the English translations, Chinese Pinyin, and Chinese characters for your to read and sing along. We have also directly translated the lyrics into English in the text below, which helps you to understand each word more easily.

Now, enjoy and learn some new Chinese words!

忘了有多久

wàng le yǒu duō jiǔ

Have forgotten how long (it's been)

再没听到你

zài méi tīng dào nǐ

Never again heard you

对我说你最爱的故事

duì wǒ shuō nǐ zuì ài de gù shì

Tell me your favorite story

我想了很久

wǒ xiǎng le hěn jiǔ

I've been thinking for a long time

我开始慌了

wǒ kāi shǐ huāng le

I start to panic

是不是我又做错了什么

shì bù shì wǒ yòu zuò cuò shén me

Is it me having done something wrong again?

*你哭着对我说

nǐ kū zhe duì wǒ shuō

You cried as you told me

童话里都是骗人的

tóng huà lǐ dōu shì piàn rén de

Fairy tales are all lies

我不可能是你的王子

wǒ bù kě néng shì nǐ de wáng zǐ

I couldn't possibly be your prince

也许你不会懂

yě xǔ nǐ bù huì dǒng

Perhaps you wouldn't understand

从你说爱我以后

cóng nǐ shuō ài wǒ yǐ hòu

Ever since you said you loved me

我的天空 星星都亮了

wǒ de tiān kōng xīng xing dōu liàng le

The stars in my sky have all brightened

我愿变成 童话里

wǒ yuàn biàn chéng tóng huà lǐ

I wish to become, in the fairy tale

#你爱的那个天使

nǐ ài de nà ge tiān shǐ

The angel that you love

张开双手

zhāng kāi shuāng shǒu

Stretch out my hands

变成翅膀守护你

biàn chéng chì bǎng shǒu hù nǐ

Turn into wings to protect you

你要相信

nǐ yào xiāng xìn

You have to believe

相信我们会像童话故事里

xiāng xìn wǒ men huì xiàng tóng huà gù shì lǐ

Believe that we will be like a fairy tale

幸福和快乐是结局＊#

xìng fú hé kuài lè shì jié jú

(Where) blessings and happiness are (our) ending

＊Repeat

我要变成 童话里

wǒ yào biàn chéng tóng huà lǐ

I have to become, in the fairy tale

# Repeat

我会变成童话里

wǒ huì biàn chéng tóng huà lǐ

I will become, in the fairy tale

# Repeat

一起寫我們的結局

yī qǐ xiě wǒ men de jié jú

Together we write our own ending