The Tower of Babel (Traditional Chinese version)

Tower of Babel (Simplified Chinese version)

Hànyŭ pīnyīn (Chinese phonetic alphabet)

  1. Nà shí, tiānxiàrén de kŏuyīn yányŭ, dōushì yīyàng.
  2. Tāmen wăng dōngbiān qiānyí de shíhou, zài Shìná dì yùjiàn yī jiàn píngyuán, jiù zhù zài nàli.
  3. Tāmen bĭcĭ shāngliáng shūo: "lái ba, wŏmen yào zùo zhuān, bă zhuān shāotòu le." Tāmen jiù ná zhuān dàng shítóu, yòu ná shíqī dàng hūini.
  4. Tāmen shūo: "lái luō, wŏmen yào jiànzào yī zùo chéng, hé yī zùo tă, tă dĭngtōng tiān, wèile chuányáng wŏmen de míng, miănde wŏmen fēnsàn zài quán dì shàng."
  5. Yéhéhúa jiànglín yào kànkan shìrén sŭo jiànzào de chéng hé tă.
  6. Yéhéhúa shūo: "kàn na, tāmen chéngwéi yīyàng de rénmin, dōushì yīyàng de yányŭ, rújīn jì zùo qĭ zhè shì lái, yĭhòu tāmen sŭo yào zùo de shì jiù méiyŏu bú chéngjiù de le.
  7. Wŏmen xiàqù, zài nàli biànluàn tāmen de kŏuyīn, shĭ tāmen de yányŭ bĭcĭ bú tōng."
  8. Yúshì Yéhéhúa shĭ tāmen cóng nàli fēnsàn zài quán dì shàng. Tāmen jiù tínggōng, bú zào nà chéng le.
  9. Yīnwèi Yéhéhúa zài nàli biànluàn tiānxià rén de yányŭ, shĭ zhòngrén fēnsàn zài quán dì shàng, sŭoyĭ nà chéng míng jiào "Bābié" (jiùshì "biànluàn" de yìsī).

Hear a recording of this text


Information about Mandarin | Phrases | Numbers | Colours | Family words | Terms of endearment | Time | Weather | Tongue twisters | Tower of Babel | Articles | Links | Learning materials

Tower of Babel in Sinitic languages

Cantonese, Classical Chinese, Dungan, Hakka, Mandarin, Min (Eastern), Min (Southern), Taiwanese

Other Tower of Babel translations

By language | By language family


Chinese pages

Written Chinese: Oracle Bone Script, Simplified characters, Bopomofo, Types of characters, Structure of written Chinese, Evolution of characters, How the Chinese script works, Xiao'erjing, General Chinese

Spoken Chinese: Mandarin, Dungan, Wu, Shanghainese, Wenzhounese, Yue, Cantonese, Weitou, Min, Jian'ou, Taiwanese, Teochew, Fuzhounese, Puxian, Hakka, Xiang, Gan, How many people speak Chinese?

Other Chinese pages: Chinese numbers (數碼) | Chinese classifiers (量詞) | Electronic dictionaries | Chinese links | Books: Chinese characters and calligraphy | Cantonese | Mandarin, Shanghainese, Hokkien and Taiwanese

[top]


Green Web Hosting - Kualo

Why not share this page:

 

The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com

If you like this site and find it useful, you can support it by making a donation via PayPal or Patreon, or by contributing in other ways. Omniglot is how I make my living.

 

Note: all links on this site to Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.fr are affiliate links. This means I earn a commission if you click on any of them and buy something. So by clicking on these links you can help to support this site.

Get a 30-day Free Trial of Amazon Prime (UK)

If you're looking for home or car insurance in the UK, why not try Policy Expert?

[top]

iVisa.com