妈妈骑马，马慢，妈妈骂马。
Māma qí mǎ, mǎ màn, māma mà mǎ.
Mum rides a horse, the horse is slow, Mum scolds the horse.
6 tongue twisters
Mandarin Chinese tongue twisters (绕口令)
Chinese 绕口令 set tones and similar sounds side by side: sì and shí, n and l, b and p. Read the pinyin first, say it slowly with exaggerated tones, then speed up. Pair them with the tones guide.
Easy
Medium
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四是四，十是十，十四是十四，四十是四十。
Sì shì sì, shí shì shí, shísì shì shísì, sìshí shì sìshí.
Four is four, ten is ten, fourteen is fourteen, forty is forty.
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吃葡萄不吐葡萄皮，不吃葡萄倒吐葡萄皮。
Chī pútao bù tǔ pútao pí, bù chī pútao dào tǔ pútao pí.
Eat grapes without spitting out the skins; don’t eat grapes but spit out the skins.
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牛郎恋刘娘，刘娘念牛郎。
Niúláng liàn Liú niáng, Liú niáng niàn Niúláng.
The cowherd loves Miss Liu, Miss Liu misses the cowherd.
Hard
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红凤凰，粉凤凰，红粉凤凰花凤凰。
Hóng fènghuáng, fěn fènghuáng, hóng fěn fènghuáng huā fènghuáng.
Red phoenix, pink phoenix, red-and-pink phoenix, flowery phoenix.
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八百标兵奔北坡，炮兵并排北边跑。
Bābǎi biāobīng bēn běi pō, pàobīng bìngpái běibiān pǎo.
Eight hundred scouts rush up the north slope; the gunners run side by side to the north.