海外有座花果山，山顶立着一块闪闪发光的仙石。
Overseas there is a Flower-Fruit Mountain, and at its summit stood a gleaming Immortal Stone.
一天，仙石“砰”地裂开，蹦出一只石猴！
One day, the Immortal Stone burst open with a 'bang', and a stone monkey sprang out!
石猴和山里的猴子们玩得开心。
The stone monkey and the mountain's monkeys played happily.
突然，有猴子喊：“谁敢跳进瀑布后的山洞，咱们就拜他为王！”
Suddenly, a monkey shouted, 'Whoever dares to jump into the cave behind the waterfall, we'll make him our king!'
石猴眼睛一转，“噌”地跳进瀑布！
The stone monkey's eyes glinted, and with a 'seng' he leaped into the waterfall!
里面竟是个大山洞，有石桌石床，还有条小溪哗哗流。
Inside, it was a vast cavern with stone tables and beds, and a little stream gurgled through.
猴子们欢呼：“你是大王！给你起个名字——美猴王孙悟空！”
The monkeys cheered, 'You are the Great King! Let's give you a name—Great Sage Sun Wukong!'
寓意：勇敢探索未知，才能发现新天地。
Moral: Only by bravely exploring the unknown can one discover new worlds.
Hover a word for its pinyin & meaning; click to pin it.
| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 海外 | hǎi wài | overseas; abroad |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is, there are |
| 座 | zuò | seat; classifier for buildings |
| 花果山 | huā guǒ shān | Mount Huaguo in Jiangsu, featured in 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4], tourist destination |
| 山顶 | shān dǐng | summit; mountaintop |
| 立着 | lì zhe | standing |
| 一块 | yī kuài | one piece; a chunk; one yuan (colloquial); together; in the same place |
| 闪闪发光 | shǎn shǎn fā guāng | twinkling, shining |
| 的 | de | possessive particle |
| 仙石 | xiān shí | immortal stone |
| 一天 | yī tiān | One day |
| 砰 | pēng | (onom.) bang; thump |
| 地 | de | -ly (adverb particle) |
| 裂开 | liè kāi | to split open |
| 蹦出 | bèng chū | jump out |
| 一只 | yī zhī | A measure word for animals, meaning 'one' or 'a single' |
| 石猴 | shí hóu | stone monkey |
| 和 | hé | and; with |
| 山里 | shān lǐ | in the mountains |
| 猴子们 | hóu zi men | monkeys (plural) |
| 玩得 | wán de | playing (with result) |
| 开心 | kāi xīn | happy; joyful |
| 突然 | tū rán | sudden; abrupt; unexpected |
| 猴子 | hóu zi | monkey |
| 喊 | hǎn | to yell; to shout |
| 谁 | shuí | who |
| 敢 | gǎn | to dare; to be brave |
| 跳进 | tiào jìn | to plunge into; to jump into |
| 瀑布 | pù bù | waterfall |
| 后 | hòu | behind; after |
| 山洞 | shān dòng | cavern; cave |
| 咱们 | zán men | we (inclusive) |
| 就 | jiù | then; just; precisely |
| 拜 | bài | to bow to; to pay one's respects; (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) |
| 他 | tā | he; him |
| 为 | wéi | as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; t |
| 王 | wáng | king; monarch |
| 眼睛 | yǎn jīng | eye |
| 一转 | yí zhuǎn | one turn, a twist |
| 噌 | cēng | to scold; whoosh! |
| 里面 | lǐ miàn | inside; within |
| 竟 | jìng | unexpectedly; actually; indeed |
| 是 | shì | to be; correct |
| 个 | gè | general measure word |
| 大山洞 | dà shān dòng | big cave |
| 石桌 | shí zhuō | stone table |
| 石床 | shí chuáng | stone bed |
| 还有 | hái yǒu | also; in addition |
| 条 | tiáo | strip; classifier for long thin things |
| 小溪 | xiǎo xī | brook; streamlet |
| 哗哗 | huā huā | sound of gurgling water |
| 流 | liú | to flow; to circulate |
| 欢呼 | huān hū | to cheer; to acclaim |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 大王 | dà wáng | king; magnate; person having expert skill in something |
| 给 | gěi | to give; for, to (sb) |
| 起个 | qǐ gè | to give (a name or title) |
| 名字 | míng zì | name |
| 美猴王 | měi hóu wáng | beautiful monkey king |
| 孙悟空 | sūn wù kōng | Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 y… |
| 寓意 | yù yì | moral (of a story); lesson to be learned; implication; message; import; metaphorical meaning |
| 勇敢 | yǒng gǎn | brave; courageous |
| 探索 | tàn suǒ | to explore; to probe |
| 未知 | wèi zhī | unknown |
| 才能 | cái néng | talent; ability |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to discover; to find out |
| 新天地 | xīn tiān dì | Xintiandi (shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai) |