Challenge Yourself With This Lively Chinese Language Tongue Twister

Some of our linguistically inclined Cantonese friends wouldn’t let us publish China Simplified: Language Gymnastics without including this beloved Cantonese tongue twister.

The Cantonese recording (courtesy of George Lau) and English translation are provided below. We hope you enjoy it!

一蚊一斤龜, 七蚊一斤雞,

佢話龜貴過雞, 我話雞貴過龜,

咁究竟龜貴過雞定係雞貴過龜？

Cantonese recording

Yat man yat kan kwai, chat man yat kan kai,

kui wa kwai kwai kwo kai, ngo wa kai kwai kwo kwai,

kam kau king kwai kwai kwo kai ting hai kai kwai kwo kwa...