curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/zh-a1-practice-numbers-0-to-10/697f4baa3475817639736dc2.md
Wang Hua is reading a Chinese tongue twister, which many people find tricky because the pronunciations of characters are similar.
This full tongue twister has four sentences. Using what you've learned, complete the first two sentences. You will complete another two sentences in later lessons.
Listen to the audio and complete the sentences below.
BLANK 是 (shì) BLANK ， BLANK 是 (shì) BLANK。
四 (sì)
This is the number 4 in Chinese.
四 (sì)
This repeats the number 4 in Chinese.
十 (shí)
This is the number 10 in Chinese.
十 (shí)
This repeats the number 10 in Chinese.
Wang Hua is saying:
四是四 (sì shì sì)，十是十 (shí shì shí).
This sentence means "4 is 4, 10 is 10".
This is a common Chinese tongue twister to help you practice the pronunciation of similar-sounding numbers like 四 (sì) and 十 (shí) with the character 是 (shì).
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"audio": {
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"character": "Wang Hua",
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"text": "四是四",
"align": "center"
}
},
{
"character": "Wang Hua",
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"dialogue": {
"text": "十是十",
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}
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