I would like to share the Chinese poem “Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den” (施氏食狮史), by Hu Mingfu (胡明复). To aid in the understanding of this masterwork of Chinese poetry, and so that it might be more easily read aloud by English speakers, I will share the poem in pinyin.
If you wish to read it aloud to impress your friends, family, and your crush with how worldly you are, simply read the Latin characters below in their entirety, and then you will have read a masterpiece of Chinese poetry in Chinese.

“Shi Shì shí shĩ shĩ”

Shíshì shishì Shi Shì, shì shi, shì shí shí shĩ.
Shì shíshí shì shì shì shĩ.
Shí shí, shì shí shi shì shì.
Shì shí, shì Shi Shì shì shì.
Shì shì shì shí shĩ, shì shĩ shì, shĩ shì shí shĩ shìshì.
Shì shí shì shí shi shi, shì shíshì.
Shíshì shĩ, Shì shĩ shì shì shíshì.
Shíshì shì, Shì shĩ shì shí shì shí shĩ.
Shí shí, shĩ shí shì shí shĩ shĩ, shí shí shí shĩ shĩ.
Shì shì shì shì.

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ajoutée le 10 novembre 2026 à 06:51


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