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Chinese for kids (Beginner)

A nursery rhyme: 新年到 (Xīn nián dào) The New Year is coming
  

Watch the video and listen to the rhyme

Xīn nián dào, xīn nián dào.
新   年    到, 新  年    到。
  
The New Year is coming. The New Year is coming.

Chuān xīn yī, dài xīn mào,
穿        新 衣,戴 新  帽,
  
Wearing new clothes and new hats,

jiàn le miàn, hā hā xiào,
见   了  面, 哈  哈  笑,    
Children get together and laugh happily,

gōngxĭ gōngxĭ xīn nián hăo!
恭    喜  恭  喜 新   年   好!    
Greeting each other with, "Happy New Year!"

Vocabulary:
穿 (chuān) v. to wear    
新衣 (xīn yī) n. new clothes    
新年好 (xīn nián hăo) Happy New Year