Trabalenguas chinos

四是四，十是十，十四是十四，四十是四十。

Sì shì sì, shí shì shí, shísì shì shísì, sìshí shì sìshí.

Four is four, ten is ten, fourteen is fourteen, forty is forty.

妈妈骑马，马慢，妈妈骂马。

Māma qí mǎ, mǎ màn, māma mà mǎ.

Mom rides a horse, the horse is slow, mom scolds the horse.

吃葡萄不吐葡萄皮，不吃葡萄倒吐葡萄皮。

Chī pútao bù tǔ pútao pí, bù chī pútao dào tǔ pútao pí.

Eat grapes without spitting the skins; don’t eat grapes yet spit the skins.

知道就说知道，不知道就说不知道。

Zhīdào jiù shuō zhīdào, bù zhīdào jiù shuō bù zhīdào.

If you know, say you know; if you don’t, say you don’t.

八百标兵奔北坡，炮兵并排北边跑。

Bābǎi biāobīng bēn běi pō, pàobīng bìngpái běibiān pǎo.

Eight hundred guardsmen dash up the north slope; artillerymen run side by side in the north.

红凤凰，黄凤凰，粉红凤凰花凤凰。

Hóng fènghuáng, huáng fènghuáng, fěnhóng fènghuáng huā fènghuáng.

Red phoenix, yellow phoenix, pink phoenix, flowery phoenix.

天上一个盆，地上一个棚，盆碰棚，棚碰盆。

Tiānshàng yí gè pén, dìshàng yí gè péng, pén pèng péng, péng pèng pén.

A basin in the sky, a shed on the ground; the basin bumps the shed, the shed bumps the basin.

老龙恼怒闹老农，老农恼怒闹老龙。

Lǎo lóng nǎonù nào lǎo nóng, lǎo nóng nǎonù nào lǎo lóng.

The old dragon angrily pesters the old farmer; the old farmer angrily pesters the old dragon.

牛郎恋刘娘，刘娘念牛郎。

Niúláng liàn Liú niáng, Liú niáng niàn niúláng.

The cowherd loves Miss Liu; Miss Liu misses the cowherd.

黑化肥发灰，灰化肥发黑。

Hēi huàféi fā huī, huī huàféi fā hēi.

Black fertilizer turns gray; gray fertilizer turns black.