Colours Song
New words:
| New words | Pinyin | Translation | Phonetic Translation |
| 色 | sè | colour | s-uh |
| 红色 | hóng sè | red | hong s-uh |
| 绿色 | lǜ sè | green | l-u (u as in Luke
fluke) s-uh |
| 黄色 | huáng sè | yellow | hwah-ng s-uh |
| 蓝色 | lán sè | blue | lan s-uh |
| 紫色 | zĭ sè | purple | z-uh s-uh |
| 橙色 | chéng sè | orange | chung s-uh |
| 黑色 | hēi sè | black | hey s-uh |
| 白色 | bái sè | white | bye s-uh |
| 灰色 | huī sè | grey | hwey s-uh |
Notes for teaching:
This song has many possibilities for interaction. For example, students can be split into groups. One group can sing the song while the other group draws a picture of a rainbow on the whiteboard. The teacher can print an image of a rainbow and ask students to name the colours in mandarin.
Degree of difficulty: ****
