Learn “small” in Chinese 一 小步 (Yī xiǎo bù) [Vocab Song]1 min read

One Small Step 一小步 (Yī xiǎo bù) by Essie

In Chinese, “small/little” is “小 (Xiǎo).” This song was written not just to feature the word “small” but to remind all the Chinese language learners out there that learning a language is a process, and as long as you keep taking one step in front of another, you’ll surprise yourself with how far you can go 🙂

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Lyrics / Pinyin / Translation

一小步一小步往前行

一條路一條路能搞定

只要努力付出也可以把一切變成遊戲

 

如果要學得好沒問題

一個字一個字就可以

慢慢提升你(的)識字能力

這才叫做意義

 

無論你的路多長

一步一步走向前方

享受過程別緊張

我相信你有能力

Pinyin

Yī xiǎo bù yī xiǎo bù wǎng qián xíng

Yītiáo lù yītiáo lù néng gǎodìng 

Zhǐyào nǔlì fùchū yě kěyǐ bǎ yīqiè biànchéng yóuxì 

 

Rúguǒ yào xué dé hǎo méi wèntí 

Yīgè zì yīgè zì jiù kěyǐ 

Màn man tíshēng nǐ (de) shìzì nénglì 

Zhè cái jiàozuò yìyì 

 

Wúlùn nǐ de lù duō cháng 

Yībù yībù zǒuxiàng qiánfāng 

Xiǎngshòu guòchéng bié jǐnzhāng 

Wǒ xiāngxìn nǐ yǒu nénglì

English Translation

Move forward one step at a time

One road (x2) (you) can do it!

As long as (you) work hard, and sacrifice, (you) can also turn everything into a game

 

If you want to learn well, no problem

One word at a time, that’s all it takes

Slowly improve your literacy

That’s “meaningful”

 

No matter how long your road is

Walk forward, step by step

Enjoy the process, don’t worry

I believe you have the ability


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