Join Little Red Riding Hood on her adventure to her grandmother's house.
Once upon a time there was a girl called Little Red Riding Hood (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. Xiǎo Hóng Mào).
One day, her mother (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. mā ma) asked her to take some cakes (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. 诲àn gāo) to her grandmother (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. wài pó) who lived on the other side of the forest (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. sēn lín).
In the forest, Little Red saw an enormous wolf (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. 濒á苍驳).
Wolf: Hello (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. Nǐ hǎo), where are you going?
Little Red: My grandmother’s house (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. fáng zi).
Wolf: That's good. Today is very nice (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. Tiān qì hěn hǎo).
Little Red: Goodbye (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. Zài jiàn).
When she arrives, Little Red can see that the wolf (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. 濒á苍驳) has arrived first.
She comes up with a plan to trick the wolf.
Little Red: Grandmother, what big (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. 诲à) eyes (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. yǎn jīng) you have!
Wolf: All the better to see (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. kàn 诲ào) you with.
Little Red: Grandmother, what big (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. 诲à) ears (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. ěr duo) you have!
Wolf: All the better to hear (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. tīng jiàn) you with.
Little Red: Grandmother, what big (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. 诲à) teeth (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. yá chǐ) you have!
Wolf: All the better to… eat (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. 肠丑ī) you with!
As the wolf (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. 濒á苍驳) pounces, Little Red takes out a rolling pin and hits him over the head (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. 迟ó耻) with it.
The wolf (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. 濒á苍驳) is defeated and Little Red goes home (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. huí jiā), enjoying her grandmother's cakes (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. 诲àn gāo) to herself.
Key Mandarin words
Mandarin | Pinyin | English |
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Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | 肠丑ī | eat |
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | 诲à | big |
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | ěr duo | ears |
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | huí jiā | to go home |
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | kàn 诲ào | see |
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | 濒á苍驳 | wolf |
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | mā ma | mother |
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | tīng jiàn | hear |
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | 迟ó耻 | head |
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | wài pó | grandmother |
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | yá chǐ | teeth |
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | yǎn jīng | eyes |
Did you know?
In Mandarin, different words are used to describe the grandparents who are your father’s parents and the grandparents who are your mother’s parents:
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. wài pó - grandmother (mother‘s mother)
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. wài gōng - grandfather (mother's father)
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. nǎi nai - grandmother (father’s mother)
- Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. yé ye - grandfather (father’s father)
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