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title: "咏鹅 (Ode to the Goose) by Luo Binwang: Pinyin, English and Audio"
description: "咏鹅 (Ode to the Goose) by Luo Binwang, Tang dynasty, whole: 鹅，鹅，鹅 … Pinyin over every character, the English line by line, and Play to hear it read."
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[Chinese poems](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-poems) · 骆宾王 Luo Binwang · Tang dynasty

# 咏鹅 Ode to the Goose

Said to have been written when the poet was seven: a white goose singing on green water. Chinese children often learn it before any other poem.

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é鹅，é鹅，é鹅，

Goose, goose, goose,

qū曲xiàng项xiàng向tiān天gē歌。

curving its neck, it sings to the sky.

bái白máo毛fú浮lǜ绿shuǐ水，

White feathers float on green water;

hóng红zhǎng掌bō拨qīng清bō波。

red feet paddle the clear waves.

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## What does 咏鹅 mean?

咏鹅 is “Ode to the Goose”. Said to have been written when the poet was seven: a white goose singing on green water. Chinese children often learn it before any other poem.

## What is the pinyin of 咏鹅?

é é é / qū xiàng xiàng tiān gē / bái máo fú lǜ shuǐ / hóng zhǎng bō qīng bō.

## Who wrote 咏鹅?

Luo Binwang (骆宾王), a poet of the Tang dynasty.

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Poems over a thousand years old; the English and pinyin are ours, the pinyin as Chinese schools teach it.