Coloring Page: Farm Animal Sounds
When we started teaching our kid how to talk, we began with animal sounds. We got her a few sound books, and her favorite was the one with farm animals. I always knew that animal sounds were different in Chinese as my parents used to tell me that dogs say “wang wang,” not “woof woof” like I learned in school. But I didn’t realize just how different some of the other sounds were, like “heng heng” for a pig instead of “oink.” I have included a table comparing Chinese and English farm animal sounds, and below that, you will find free download links for a coloring page I made featuring the animals and their sounds in both languages.
Vocabularies
| English | Traditional | Simplified |
|---|---|---|
| baa (sheep) | 咩 (miē) | 咩 (miē) |
| woof (dog) | 汪汪 (wāng wāng) | 汪汪 (wāng wāng) |
| oink (pig) | 哼哼 (hēng hēng) | 哼哼 (hēng hēng) |
| squeak (mouse) | 吱吱吱吱 (zhī zhī) | 吱吱 (zhī zhī) |
| neigh (horse) | 嘶 (sī) | 嘶 (sī) |
| quack (duck) | 呱呱 (guā guā) or 嘎嘎 (gā gā) | 呱呱 (guā guā) or 嘎嘎 (gā gā) |
| moo (cow) | 哞 (mōu) | 哞 (mōu) |
| cock-a-doodle-doo (rooster) | 喔喔 (ō ō) | 喔喔 (ō ō) |