🎵 12 Chinese Zodiac Song for Kids! 🐉🐍🐎 | Learn Chinese with Fun! Welcome to our fun and educational Chinese learning video! In this video, we sing the 12 Chinese Zodiac Animals (十二生肖, shí èr shēng xiào) with a 9-year-old Iranian student in Dubai. This simple, repetitive song helps kids (and beginners!) easily memorize the zodiac signs in Mandarin. 🎵 Lyrics (Pinyin + English): shǔ niú hǔ tù – rat, ox, tiger, rabbit lóng shé mǎ yáng – dragon, snake, horse, goat hóu jī gǒu zhū – monkey, rooster, dog, pig nǐ shǔ shénme? – What is your zodiac? wǒ shǔ jī – My zodiac is rooster. 📖 Why Learn the Chinese Zodiac? The Chinese zodiac (生肖, shēng xiào) is a 12-year cycle, with each year represented by an animal. It’s a key part of Chinese culture, used in festivals, horoscopes, and even personality traits! 🔹 Cultural Insight: Many Chinese people ask, nǐ shǔ shénme? to know your zodiac sign. 🔹 Great for Kids: Simple songs make learning tones & pronunciation easier. 🔹 Useful Vocabulary: Helps beginners remember animal names in Mandarin. 👩‍🏫 How to Use This Video for Learning: ✅ Sing along to practice pronunciation. ✅ Repeat after us to memorize the order. ✅ Ask friends: Nǐ shǔ shénme? (What’s your zodiac?) ✅ Write down the animals in Chinese characters. 📌 Chinese Zodiac Order & Pronunciation: 鼠 (shǔ) – Rat 牛 (niú) – Ox 虎 (hǔ) – Tiger 兔 (tù) – Rabbit 龙 (lóng) – Dragon 蛇 (shé) – Snake 马 (mǎ) – Horse 羊 (yáng) – Goat/Sheep 猴 (hóu) – Monkey 鸡 (jī) – Rooster 狗 (gǒu) – Dog 猪 (zhū) – Pig --- 📢 Join HuiChinese Community! Chinese Learning Group with Linda Huang on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9007197 🇨🇳Learn Chinese with Linda Huang (黄慧) ✨Private Class / one on one online class ✨Group /Corporate Training ✨Live Online Chinese Class 🇨🇳🔗 Connect with Hui Chinese: YouTube： https://www.youtube.com/@huichinese.lindahuang Instagram： https://www.instagram.com/fluentmandarinchinese Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@huichinese.net WeChat Channel: HuiChinese会中文 RedNote: 741592659 To book a Chinese class, please contact: lindahuanghui99@gmail.com