Chinese Zodiac Song (mandarin version)
New words:
| New words | Pinyin | Translation | Phonetic Translation |
| 生肖 | shēng xiào | zodiac | shun shao |
| 鼠 | shǔ | rat | shoo |
| 牛 | niú | ox | neu |
| 虎 | hǔ | tiger | hoo |
| 兔 | tù | rabbit | too |
| 龙 | lóng | dragon | long |
| 蛇 | shé | snake | sher |
| 马 | mǎ | horse | maa |
| 羊 | yáng | sheep | yung |
| 猴 | hóu | monkey | hoe |
| 鸡 | jī | rooster | gee |
| 狗 | gǒu | dog | goe |
| 猪 | zhū | pig | joo |
Notes for teaching:
The Zodiac is essential to understanding Chinese culture. The Chinese Zodiac song simply puts the Zodiac with animals’ names. The Zodiac takes 12 years as a cycle, 2021 is the year of ox, so, if you were born in 2005, that is the year of rooster, 2006 is the year of dog, 2007 is the year of pig.
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