Learn a Mandarin Nursery Rhyme for Kids

Rúguŏ gǎndào xìngfú nĭ jiù pāi pāi shŏu,
如果感到幸福你就拍拍手，
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.

Rúguŏ gǎndào xìngfú nĭ jiù pāi pāi shŏu,
如果感到幸福你就拍拍手，
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.

Rúguŏ gǎndào xìngfú nǐ jiù yìqǐ pāi pāi shŏu ba!
如果感到幸福你就一起拍拍手吧！
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands!

Wǒmen dàjiā dōu lái yìqǐ pāi pāi shŏu.
我们大家都来一起拍拍手。
Let’s clap our hands together.

Rúguŏ gǎndào xìngfú nĭ jiù duò duò jiǎo,
如果感到幸福你就跺跺脚，
If you’re happy and you know it, stomp your feet.

Rúguŏ gǎndào xìngfú nǐ jiù yìqǐ duò duò jiǎo ba!
如果感到幸福你就一起跺跺脚吧！
If you’re happy, and you know it, stomp your feet!

Wǒmen dàjiā dōu lái yìqǐ duò duò jiǎo.
我们大家都来一起跺跺脚。
Let’s stomp our feet together.

Rúguŏ gǎndào xìngfú nĭ jiù pāi pāi jiān,
如果感到幸福你就拍拍肩，
If you’re happy, and you know it, pat your shoulder.

Rúguŏ gǎndào xìngfú nǐ jiù yìqǐ pāi pāi jiān ba!
如果感到幸福你就一起拍拍肩吧！
If you’re happy, and you know it, pat your shoulder!

Wǒmen dàjiā dōu lái yìqǐ pāi pāi jiān.
我们大家都来一起拍拍肩。
Let’s pat shoulders together.

Vocabulary:
1. 手(shŏu) a. hand
Dìdi de shǒu hěn xiǎo.
弟弟的手很小。
My little brother’s hands are very tiny.

2. 脚(jiǎo) n. foot
Timmy, kuài xǐjiǎo!
Timmy, 快洗脚！
Timmy, hurry go wash your feet!

3. 肩(jiān) n. shoulder
Māma, wǒ de jiān hěn téng!
妈妈，我的肩很疼！
Mum, my shoulder hurts.

Quiz:

1. Judi is ____ in the picture.

A. 洗手(xǐshǒu)
B. 洗脸(xǐliǎn)
C. 洗头(xǐtóu)

2. We often play foot-ball with our ___.
A. 胳膊 (gēbo)
B. 嘴(zuǐ)
C. 脚(jiǎo)

3. What’s the meaning of “shoulder?”
A. 腰(yāo)
B. 腿(tuǐ)
C. 肩(jiān)

Chinese Nursery Rhyme-幸福拍手歌(xìngfú pāishǒu gē) If You’re Happy