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Learn Chinese -Learn Mandarin : the right word to say about playing musical instruments in Chinese: musical instrument vocabulary and chui1 吹, la1 拉, qiao1 敲, da3 打 and tan2 弹. Also the history of Chinese musical instruments and complete Chinese musical terms.

Posted on 11/01/2011 by Chinesetolearn

In English you can use the verb “play” for any musical instruments : piano, cello, violin, or clarinet. You can say “I love to play piano, and I love to play clarinet too.” However, in Chinese, there are quite a … Continue reading →

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Learn to sing Chinese children’s song 小毛驴 xiao3 mao2 lu2 Little donkey: song, lyrics, pinyin, English translation, played by traditional Chinese musical instrument gu3 zheng1 古筝 zither

Posted on 10/26/2011 by Chinesetolearn

小毛驴 xiao3 mao2 lu2 Little donkey 我有一只小毛驴，我从来也不骑 wo3 you3 yi4 zhi1 xiao3 mao2 lu2,wo3 cong2 lai2 ye3 bu4 qi2 I have a little donkey, but I had never ridden on it. 有一天我心血来潮，骑着去赶集 you3 yi4 tian1 wo3 xin1 xue3 lai2 chao2, … Continue reading →

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