Ah Du: He surely loves you!

他一定很爱你
Ta Yi Ding Hen Ai Ni

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( Click for the PINYIN alone )

我躲在车里
wǒ duǒ zàichē lǐ
I hide in the car

手握着香槟
shǒu wò zhe xiāng bīn
Holding a bottle of champagne

想要给你
xiǎng yāo gěi nǐ
I want to give you a

生日的惊喜
shēngrì de jīngxǐ
Birthday surprise

你越走越近
nǐ yuè zǒu yuè jìn
you come closer and closer

有两个声音
yǒu liǎng gè shēngyīn
there are two voices

我措手不及
wǒ cuò shǒu bùjí
I couldn''t do anything

只得楞在那里
zhǐdé léng zài nàli
I just froze

我应该在车底
wǒ yīnggāi zàichē di
I should have been under the car

不应该在车里
bù yīnggāi zàichē lǐ
and not inside the car,

看到你们有多甜蜜
kàndào nǐmen yǒu duō tiánmì
Seeing how sweet you two are

这样一来我也
zhèyàng yīlái wǒ yě
this way it is

比较容易死心
bǐjiào róngyì sǐ xīn
easier for me to give up

给我离开的勇气
gěi wǒ líkāi de yǒngqì
giving me strength to leave

他一定很爱你
tā yīdìng hěn ài nǐ
he must love you a lot

也把我比下去
yě bǎ wǒ bǐ xiàqu
even more than me

分手也只用了
fēnshǒu yě zhī yòng le
goodbye only took

一分钟而已
yī fēnzhōng éryǐ
one minute

他一定很爱你
tā yīdìng hěn ài nǐ
he must love you so

比我会讨好你
bǐ wǒ huì tǎo hǎo nǐ
knows how to please your better than me

不会像我这样孩子气
bùhuì xiàng wǒ zhèyàng háiziqì
Surely not as childish as I am

为难着你
wéinán zhe nǐ
making it difficult for you

Pinyin:

wǒ duǒ zàichē lǐ shǒu wò zhe xiāng bīn
xiǎng yāo gěi nǐ shēngrì de jīngxǐ
nǐ yuè zǒu yuè jìn yǒu liǎng gè shēngyīn
wǒ cuò shǒu bùjí zhǐdé léng zài nàli
wǒ yīnggāi zàichē di bù yīnggāi zàichē lǐ
kàndào nǐmen yǒu duō tiánmì
zhèyàngyīlái wǒ yě bǐjiào róngyì sǐ xīn
gěi wǒ líkāi de yǒngqì
tā yīdìng hěn ài nǐ
yě bǎ wǒ bǐ xiàqu
fēnshǒu yě zhī yòng le yī fēnzhōng éryǐ
tā yīdìng hěn ài nǐ
bǐ wǒ huì tǎo hǎo nǐ
bùhuì xiàng wǒ zhèyàng háiziqì
wéinán zhe nǐ
wǒ yīnggāi zàichē di bù yīnggāi zàichē lǐ
kàndào nǐmen yǒu duō tiánmì
zhèyàngyīlái wǒ yě bǐjiào róngyì sǐ xīn
gěi wǒ líkāi de yǒngqì
tā yīdìng hěn ài nǐ
yě bǎ wǒ bǐ xiàqu
fēnshǒu yě zhī yòng le yī fēnzhōng éryǐ
tā yīdìng hěn ài nǐ
bǐ wǒ huì tǎo hǎo nǐ
bùhuì xiàng wǒ zhèyàng háiziqì
wéinán zhe nǐ
tā yīdìng hěn ài nǐ
yě bǎ wǒ bǐ xiàqu
fēnshǒu yě zhī yòng le yī fēnzhōng éryǐ
tā yīdìng hěn ài nǐ
bǐ wǒ huì tǎo hǎo nǐ
bùhuì xiàng wǒ zhèyàng háiziqì
wéinán zhe nǐ

L&M: Michael Wong: Tong Hua

光良
童话
tóng huà
Fairytale



忘了有多久

wàng le yǒu duō jiǔ
I forgot how long it has been

再没听到你

zài méi tīng dào nǐ
Since the last time I heard you

对我说你最爱的故事

duì wǒ shuō nǐ zuì ài de gù shì
and I told you your favourite story

我想了很久

wǒ xiǎng lè hěn jiǔ
I thought for a long time

我开始慌了

wǒ kāi shǐ huāng le
I started to feel confused

是不是我又做错什么

shì bú shì wǒ yòu zuò cuò shén me
If once again it was my mistake

你哭着对我说

nǐ kū zhe duì wǒ shuō
You told me crying

童话里都是骗人的

tóng huà lǐ dōu shì piàn rén de
that all fairytales are a lie

我不可能是你的王子

Wǒ bù kě néng shì nǐ de wáng zi
and I can't be your prince

也许你不会懂

yé xü3 nǐ bù huì dǒng
But you don't understand either

从你说爱我以后

cóng nǐ shuō ài wǒ yǐ hòu
that since you told me you loved me

我的天空星星都亮了

wǒ de tiān kōng xīng xīng dōu liàng le
All the stars in my sky were bright

我愿变成童话里

wǒ yuàn biàn chéng tóng huà lǐ
I hope I'll change this fairytale


你爱的那个天使

nǐ ài de nǎ gè tiān shǐ
your love for that angel

张开双手

zhāng kāi shuāng shǒu
Extend my hands

变成翅膀守护你

biàn chéng chì bǎng shǒu hù nǐ
turning them 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
We can be just like a fairytale

幸福和快乐是结局

xìng fú hé kuài lè shi jié jú
With happyness and joy in the end

一起写我们的结局

yī qǐ xiě wǒ men de jié jú
We can write together our own happy ending.

Yes, I know my translation sucks. Please help me improve it! (comment)

Keywords: Michael Wong, 光良童话 tóng huà Fairytale. Pinyin, translation, lyrics

L&M: Beyond, The Glorious Years

How do you like Cantonese?

I know, I know... This page is supposed to be about Mandarin. However, as a karaoke lover, I have had to listen time and time again to this wonderful song by Beyond. I really enjoy it, and have always adored the sound of Cantonese.

Beyond's singer died in 1993, at the age of 31. Thus, the song is already a classic, as far as I have noticed.

So here it goes:

光辉岁月 /// 光輝歲月

gwong1 fai1 seui1 yut6

The Glorious Years

...by Beyond

鐘聲響起歸家的訊號
jung1 sing1 heung2 hei2 gwai1 ga1 dik1seun3 hou6

在他生命裡彷彿帶點唏噓
joi6 ta1 sang1 meng6 leui5 fong2 fat1 dai2 dim2 hei1 heui1

黑色肌膚給他的意義
hak1 sik1 gei1 fu1 kap1 ta1dik1 yi3 yi6

是一生奉獻膚色鬥爭中
si6 yat1 sang1 fung6 hin3 fu1 sik1 dau3 jang1 jung1

The clock chimes the signal for returning home,
It brings to his life a note of sigh!
The meaning given him thru his dark skin
Is devotion of his whole life to a struggle of skin colors.


年月把擁有變做失去
nin4 yut6 ba2 yung2 yau5 bin3 jou6 sat1 heui3
疲倦的雙眼帶著期望
pei4 gyun6 dik1 seung1 ngan5 dai2 jeuk3 kei4 mong6

The years have changed possession into loss.
The weary eyes are showing expectation.


今天只有殘留的軀殼
gam1 tin1 ji2 yau5 chan4 lau4 dik1 keui1 hok3
迎接光輝歲月
ying4 jip3 gwong1 fai1 seui3 yut6
風雨中抱緊自由
fung1 yu5 jung1 pou5 gan2 ji6 yau4
一生經過徬惶的掙扎
yat1 sang1 ging1 gwo3 pong4 wong4 dik1jang6 jat3
自信可改變未來
ji6 seun3 ho2 goi2 bin3 mei6 loi4
問誰又能做到
man6 seui4 yau6 nang4 jou6 dou3

Today only the injured body still remains
To welcome the glorious years
To hold tight to freedom amidst wind and rain.
Thru faltering struggle in this life,
He believes he can change the future.
May I ask who else can accomplish this?



可否不分膚色的界限
ho2 fau2 bat1 fan1 fu1 sik1 dik1 gai3 han6
願這土地裡 不分你我高低
yun6 je5 tou2 dei6 leui5 bat1 fan1 nei5 ngo5 gou1 dai1
繽紛色彩閃出的美麗
ban1 fan1 sik1 choi2 sim2 cheut1 dik1 mei5 lai6
是因它沒有 分開每種色彩
si6 yan1 ta1 mut6 yau5 fan1 hoi1 mui5 jung2 sik1 choi2

Could we make no distinction of skin colors?
Wish everyone could share everything and be treated equally in this land!
A profuse variety of colors emits a sparkling beauty
Because it makes no distinction of each color.

Hope you like it!

Are you interested in Cantonese? Visit Cantonese.sheik.co.uk

KEYWORDS: Beyond, The Glorious Years, lyrics (chinese and romanized), music video, and translation.

A Mandarin Chinese (audio)lesson

Well, this is Pimsleur Chinese Audiolesson Number 5. Their system consists, basically, in repeating and memorizing structures, time and time again, following a more or less logical pattern.

This entry (as well as the old entry, for the first lesson) is aimed to recommending anybody who reads it, to purchase their excellent language program.

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L&M: Yanzi, Yu Jian

What follows is a very sweet love song, by Yanzi. If you find any mistakes in my annotation (or in the translation, for that matter), please let me know.

LYRICS:



-Click for the PINYIN alone.
-Translation into something close to ENGLISH


孙燕姿-- 遇见

听见冬天的离开
我在某年某月醒过来
我想我等我期待
未来却不能因此安排
阴天傍晚车窗外
未来有一个人在等待
向左向右向前看
爱要拐几个弯才来
我遇见谁会有怎样的对白
我等的人他在多远的未来
我听见风来自地铁和人海
我排著队拿著爱的号码牌
我往前飞飞过一片时间海
我们也常在爱情里受伤害
我看著路梦的入口有点窄
我遇见你是最美丽的意外
终有一天我的谜底会揭开

Pinyin:

tīng jiàn dōng tiān de lí kāi
Wô zài môu nián môu yuè xîng guò lai
Wô xiâng Wô dêng Wô qī dai
Wèi lái què bù néng yīn cǐ ān pái

yīn tiān bàng wân chē chuāng wài
wèi lái yôu yī ge rén zài dêng dài
xiàng zuô xiàng yòu xiàng qiáng kan
ài yāo guâi jî ge wān cái lái

wô yù jiàn shéi huì yôu zên yàng de duì bái
wô dêng de rén tā zài duō yuân de wèi lái
wô tīng jiàn fēng lái zì dì tiê hé rén hâi
wô pái zhe duì ná zhe ài hào mâ pái

Wô wâng qián fēi Fēi guò yi piàn shí jiān hâi
Wô men yê cháng zài ài qíng lî shòu shāng hài
Wô kān zhe lù Mèng de rù kôu yôu diân zhâi
Wô yù jiàn nî shì zuì mêi lì de yì wài

zhōng yǒu yī tiān wǒ de mí de huì jiē kāi


Translation:

To meet

I hear winter leaving
I am awaking in some year, some month
I think, I wait, I am expecting
But the future can't be prearranged

Cloudy evening outside the car window
In the future, someone is waiting for me
Look to the left, to the right, to the front
How many twists and turns will love take before it comes to me?

What conversations will I have when I meet him?
The person I'm waiting for, how distant is he in the future?
I hear the wind coming from the subway and a crowd of people
I line up, holding the ticket with love's number

I fly, fly across an ocean of time
We are so often hurt by love
I look at the road, the entrance to this dream is a little narrow
Meeting you is the most beautiful accident

There will come the day when I find the solution to the riddle


Keywords: Yanzi, Stefanie Sun, Sun Yan Zi, Yu Jian, To meet,孙燕姿-- 遇见, lyrics, pinyin, characters and translation.

L&M: Vivian Hsu, Smiling Eyes

Vivian Hsu is a hottie from Taiwan. This is one of ther songs. I snatched the video from Youtube, and the lyrics from Learn Chinese Through Music, a highly recommended web page, with tons of lyrics of Chinese songs.

I am having a lot of work lately; I'm sorry for the lack of updates.

L&M: Eason Chan: Ten Years

This song is a bit old, but I like it. Below, you'll find the MV, the lyrics (with characters and pinyin), and a translation. If you find mistakes, please drop me a comment or an email.

陈奕迅-十年

English translation



Traducción en español

如果那两个字没有颤抖
rú guǒ nà liǎng ge zì méi yôu chàn dôu
我不会发现我难受
wô bù huì fā xiàn wô nán shòu
怎么说出口也不过是分手
zên me shuō chū kôu yê bù guò shì fēn shǒu


如果对于明天没有要求
rú guô duì yú míng tiān méi yôu yāo qiú
牵牵手就像旅游
qiān qiān shôu jiù xiàng lü^ yóu
成千上万个门口总有一个人要先走
chéng qiān shàng wàn gè mén kôu zông yôu yī ge rén yāo xiān zôu


*怀抱既然不能逗留
huái bào jì rán bù néng dòu liú
何不在离开的时候
hé bù zài lí kāi de shí hòu
一边享受一边泪流
yī biān xiâng shòu yī biān lèi liú

十年之前
shí nián zhī qián
我不认识你你不属于我
wǒ bù rèn shi nǐ, nî bù shû yú wô
我们还是一样陪在一个陌生人左右
wômen hái shì yí yàng, péi zài yī gè mò shēng rén zuô yòu

走过渐渐熟悉的街头
zôu guò jiàn jiàn shú xī de jiē tóu

十年之后
shí nián zhī hòu
我们是朋友还可以问候
wǒ men shì péng you hái kě yǐ wèn hòu
只是那种温柔再也找不到拥抱的理由
zhǐ shi na zhǒng wēn róu zài yě zhǎo bù dào yōng bào de lǐ yóu

情人最后难免沦为朋友
qíng rén zuì hòu nán miǎn lún wéi péng you (bis*)

直到和你做了多年朋友
zhí dào hé nǐ zuò le duō nián péng you

才明白我的眼泪
cái míng bai wǒ de yǎn lèi
不是为你而流也为别人而流
bú shì wéi nǐ ér liú yě wéi bié rén ér liú

ENGLISH (The translation is not literal. If you want to improve some of it, just drop me a comment/email:

If she hadn't said those trembling words, I wouldn't have noticed my pain. It doesn't matter how we say it, this will only end in breaking up.

If you ask nothing of tomorrow, holding hands is just like travelling. There might be thousands of doors, but one has walk out on the first place.

If we cannot be together in embrace, then why not just split up with joys and sorrows.

Ten years ago, I didn't know you, you didn't belong to me. We were the same, walking side by side with a stranger.

Ten years afterwards, we are friends. We can still look after each other, but find no reason to hold each other. Our love has derived into friendship.*

After many years being friends, I finally understand that, If my tears hadn't been caused by you, I would have cried for someone else.






ESPAÑOL (Traducción nada literal y bastante chapucera, pero bueno. Si quieres mejorarla, déjame un comentario o mándame un email):

Si esas dos palabras no hubieran salido temblando de su boca (se refiere a Fen Shou, ruptura) no me habría dado cuenta de mi sufrimiento. Da igual cómo lo digamos, el final de esta historia será la separación.

Si en una relación no hay peticiones para el día de mañana, darse la mano es como viajar. Aunque haya miles de puertas, uno de los dos debe irse en primer lugar.

Si no podemos estar juntos, abrazados, por qué no separarnos, aunque nos produzca una mezcla de alegrías y penas.

Hace diez años no te conocía, no me pertenecías. Nosotros éramos dos iguales, acompañando a un desconocido.

Diez años después somos amigos. También podemos buscarnos, pero ya no podemos encontrar un motivo para abrazarnos. Los antes amantes, ahora son sólo amigos.

Tras muchos años de amistad contigo, por fin he entendido que si no hubiera llorado por ti, hubiera llorado por otra persona.


Keywords: Eason Chan, Ten Years, 陈奕迅-十年, shi nian, translation, pinyin, letras, lyrics, chinese music lyrics

Doccast: Chinese studies

There are tons and kilotons of interesting studies out there, most of them in .doc and .pdf formats. These are just a few of them.



Chinese language learning/ Chinese linguistics

Useful Web Sites for Teaching and Learning Chinese

Introduction to Pinyin


Temporal Reference in Mandarin Chinese

The morphology of Chinese: A linguistic and cognitive approach

A study on the learning and teaching of Hanzi

Do Classifier Categories Structure our Concepts?

The Chinese Aspect System and its Semantic Interpretation

The development of aspect marking in L1 and L2 Chinese


DEFINING AND AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING WORDS
IN CHINESE

COMMON NOUNS, CLASSIFIERS, AND QUANTIFICATION IN CHINESE



Economy / Business relations

Outlook on the Chinese Economy

The Chinese Renminbi:What’s Real, What’s Not


What Kind of Landing for the Chinese Economy?


Successfully Moving In and Setting Up Business in China



Other studies

Social Support and Migration Experiences: A Qualitative Study of Female Chinese Immigrants in Their First Year in Hong Kong.


Media during the Tiananmen Square Protests


New York's Chinatown


The mathematics of the Chinese Calendar


The Chinese Empire