Learn Mandarin Chinese with Monkey Nursery Rhyme

Hi Everyone!

Here is a nursery Rhyme about the days of the Monkey’s week.




After you learned Hanyu pinyin and the numbers from 1 to 10 in Mandarin Chinese, you can practice your Mandarin Chinese with this nursery Rhyme. Just follow the drum beat tempo and pronounce it with me. At the end of this video, you can review all the Monkey nursery Rhyme sentences in two pages.

Also, teachers and parents can play this video for students and children to help them become interested in learning to say the days of the week in Mandarin Chinese. Then show them the detailed explanation in the video as at the link below:
 “Learn how to say the days of the week in Mandarin Chinese”

There are twelve years in the cycle of the Chinese lunar calendar.
There are twelve animal signs, and each animal represents a year in turn every twelve years. In the Chinese lunar calendar, the sequence of the twelve animals is Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.

Chinese New Year in 2016 started on February 8th and this lunar year is the Year of Monkey.

Let’s just play with the monkey, 猴子!
Have fun!

Traditional characters: 

星期一 ( xīngqíyī )
猴子穿新衣 ( hóuzi chuān xīn yī ) / Monkey wore new clothes.

星期二 ( xīngqí'èr )
猴子肚子餓 ( hóuzi dùzi è ) / Monkey was hungry.

星期三 ( xīngqísān )
猴子去爬山 ( hóuzi qù páshān ) / Monkey went mountain climbing.

星期四 ( xīngqísì )
猴子去考試( hóuzi qù kǎoshì ) / Monkey took an exam.

星期五 ( xīngqíwǔ )
猴子去跳舞 ( hóuzi qù tiàowǔ ) / Monkey went dancing.

星期六 ( xīngqíliù )
猴子去斗六 ( hóuzi qù dòu liù ) / Monkey went to Douliu.

星期七 ( xīngqí qī )
猴子擦油漆 ( hóuzi cā yóuqī ) / Monkey painted.

星期八 ( xīngqí bā )
猴子吹喇叭( hóuzi chuīlǎbā ) / Monkey played the trumpet.

星期九( xīngqí jiǔ )
猴子去喝酒( hóuzi qù hējiǔ ) / Monkey drank alcohol.

星期十( xīngqí shí )
猴子死翹翹 ( hóuzi sǐ qiào qiào ) / Monkey died.

Simplified characters:

星期一 ( xīngqīyī )
猴子穿新衣 ( hóuzi chuān xīn yī ) / Monkey wore new clothes.

星期二 ( xīngqī'èr )
猴子肚子饿 ( hóuzi dùzi è ) / Monkey was hungry.

星期三 ( xīngqīsān )
猴子去爬山 ( hóuzi qù páshān ) / Monkey went mountain climbing.

星期四 ( xīngqīsì )
猴子去考試( hóuzi qù kǎoshì ) / Monkey took an exam.

星期五 ( xīngqīwǔ )
猴子去跳舞 ( hóuzi qù tiàowǔ ) / Monkey went dancing.

星期六 ( xīngqīliù )
猴子去斗六 ( hóuzi qù dòu liù ) / Monkey went to Douliu.

星期七 ( xīngqīqī )
猴子擦油漆 ( hóuzi cā yóuqī ) / Monkey painted.

星期八 ( xīngqī bā )
猴子吹喇叭( hóuzi chuīlǎbā ) / Monkey played the trumpet.

星期九( xīngqī jiǔ )
猴子去喝酒( hóuzi qù hējiǔ ) / Monkey drank alcohol.

星期十( xīngqī shí )
猴子死翘翘 ( hóuzi sǐ qiào qiào) / Monkey died.