Cantonese Songs with Transcript 廣東歌逐字稿

Oh! Christmas Tree! is a soundtrack from the movie My Life as McDull  (2001) 麥兜故事.

This cartoon pig – McDull was created by Hong Kong cartoonists Alice Mak 麥家碧 and Brian Tse 謝立文.

The song is sung by McDull and his kindergarten friends adapted from the German Christmas song “Oh Tannenbaum.”

Song Type 類型 : Spoken Cantonese 全粵語

Degree of Difficulty 難度 : ★ (5★)

Pris’s Comment 諗咩: McDull 故事嘅歌嘅歌詞都係好搞笑！好過癮！ 其實算唔算係兒歌(？)

Study Guide 學習指引

1st Line: Chinese Character 中文字

2nd Line: English meaning 英文意思翻譯

3rd Line: Jyutping 粵拼

4th Line: Word by word translation 逐字翻釋

In quotation: Vocabulary highlights 可以學嘅生字

噢!聖誕樹

Oh! sing3 daan3 syu6

Oh! Christmas Tree!

作詞：謝立文 / 作曲：傳統民歌 / 編曲：何崇志

歌詞 go1 ci4 Lyrics

噢ou3   聖誕節托它歸家sing3 daan3 zit3 tok3 taa1 gwai1 gaa1

Oh! Carry it home on Christmas day

ou3! sing3 daan3 zit3 tok3 taa1 gwai1 gaa1

Oh-Christmas day-carry-it-back-home

聖誕節 sing3 daan3 zit3

托 tok3 = to hold it by hand

我阿媽話幾貴㗎

My mum said it’s quite expensive!

ngo5 aa3 maa1 waa6 gei2 gwai3 gaa3!

my-mum-say-quite-expensive

幾貴 gei2 gwai3 = quite expensive

噢 聖誕節托它歸家

Oh! Carry it home on Christmas day

oh! sing3 daan3 zit3 tok3 taa1 gwai1 gaa1

Oh-Christmas day-carry-it-back-home

放喺廳度閃閃吓

Put it in the living room to sparkle

fong3 hai2 teng1 dou6 sim2 sim2 haa5

put-at-living-there-sparkle-sparkle-a bit

廳 teng1 = the living room

閃閃吓 sim2 sim2 ha5 = to sparkle

聖誕樹的膠氣幾臭㗎

The plastic smell of the Christmas tree is quite smelly.

sing3 daan6 syu1 di1 gaau1 hei3 gei2 cau3 gaa3!

Christmas tree-possessive particle-plastic-odour-quite-smelly

膠 gaau1 = plastic

臭 cau3 = smelly

我阿爸貪佢夠掗拃

My Dad likes it because it takes up a lot of space.

ngo5 aa3 baa4 taam1 keoi5 gau3 aa6 jaa6!

My-dad-wants-it-enough-takes up space

貪 taam1= to have a liking for, to want, covet; because

Notes: Here 貪 also functions as “because” explaining the reason why he likes the tree

夠 gau3 = enough

掗拃 ngaa6 zaa6 = bulky and take up space

噢 聖誕節托它歸家

Oh! Carry it home on Christmas day

ou3! sing3 daan3 zit3 tok3 taa1 gwai1 gaa1

Oh-Christmas day-carry-it-back-home

放喺廳度幾靚㗎

It looks so pretty placed in the living room.

fong3 hai2 teng1 dou6 gei2 leng3 gaa3

Put-at-living room-there-quite-nice

靚 leng3 = pretty

噢 聖誕節托它歸家

Oh! Carry it home on Christmas day

ou3! sing3 daan3 zit3 tok3 taa1 gwai1 gaa1

Oh-Christmas day-carry-it-back-home

放喺廳度閃閃吓

Put it in the living room to sparkle

fong3 hai2 teng1 dou6 sim2 sim2 haa5

put-at-living-there-sparkle-sparkle-a bit

聖誕樹膠氣飄飄吓

The plastic smell of the Christmas tree floats in the air.

sing3 daan3 syu6 gaau1 hei3 piu1 piu1 haa5

Christmas tree-plastic-odour-float-float-a bit

飄飄吓 piu1 piu1 haa5 = to float, to drift on the air

發泡膠雪快落下

The styrofoam snow falls down quickly.

faat3 pou5 gaau1 syut3 faai3 lok6 haa6

Styrofoam-snow-fast-falls-down

發泡膠 faat3 pou5 gaau1 = Styrofoam

噢 聖誕節托它歸家

Oh! Carry it home on Christmas day

ou3! sing3 daan3 zit3 tok3 taa1 gwai1 gaa1

Oh-Christmas day-carry-it-back-home

放喺廳度幾醒㗎

It looks quite smart placed in the living room

fong3 hai2 teng1 dou6 gei2 sing2 gaa3

put-at-living-there-quite-smart

醒 sing2 = smart

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