fluentu.com http://www.fluentu.com/chinese/blog/2015/08/10/chinese-dubbed-movies/ 10 Terrific Chinese Dubbed Disney Movies for Learners of All Ages Here’s a fun little language learning secret. You can actually learn a new language by watching some of your favorite Disney movies. Don’t think so? By the time you’re done reading this article, you’ll know exactly how. Promise. So, Why Disney Movies? Despite all of the movies on this list being targeted towards younger viewers, they’re still family friendly, meaning that each has something to offer viewers of all ages. Disney movies are perfect for children, but adults can have fun watching these movies too. More adult humor is often slipped into these films to keep parents entertained. And, of course, these movies are especially great for learners who have already seen them before when they were younger and want to experience some nostalgic moments. Disney movies can be great resources for learning languages because they’re insanely popular worldwide, so many of them have dubbed versions in dozens of different languages (including Mandarin). Luckily, Chinese dubbed Disney movies are super easy to find. Where does learning Mandarin come in? Included in this article are tons of words that viewers will encounter throughout the films. Since each movie on this list is unique and original, you’ll learn words in Mandarin on a variety of topics ranging from animals to emotions to places around the world. The best way to enhance your Mandarin vocabulary is to write these words down (or print this article) and keep them close so, when you watch the movies, you’ll already have a prepared vocabulary sheet to study from. It’s also a good idea to watch the movies a few times as repetition is the key to having words stick. If you don’t want to continuously watch the movies repeatedly from start to finish, then just re-watch your favorite parts or replay some of the songs. For other helpful tips on how to learn Chinese by watching movies, check out this link. If you need help with pronunciation then here’s a website that can help you. Now let’s continue on to the list shall we? Without further ado, here are 10 popular Disney movies dubbed in Mandarin that can be enjoyed by Chinese learners of all ages. Will your Disney favorite be on this list? 10 Terrific Chinese Dubbed Disney Movies
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10 Terrific Chinese Dubbed Disney Movies for Learners of AllAges
Here’s a fun little language learning secret.
You can actually learn a new language by watching some of your favorite Disney movies.
Don’t think so?
By the time you’re done reading this article, you’ll know exactly how.
Promise.
So, Why Disney Movies?
Despite all of the movies on this list being targeted towards younger viewers, they’re still family friendly, meaning thateach has something to offer viewers of all ages. Disney movies are perfect for children, but adults can have funwatching these movies too. More adult humor is often slipped into these films to keep parents entertained.
And, of course, these movies are especially great for learners who have already seen them before when they wereyounger and want to experience some nostalgic moments.
Disney movies can be great resources for learning languages because they’re insanely popular worldwide, so manyof them have dubbed versions in dozens of different languages (including Mandarin). Luckily, Chinese dubbed Disneymovies are super easy to find.
Where does learning Mandarin come in?
Included in this article are tons of words that viewers will encounter throughout the films. Since each movie on this listis unique and original, you’ll learn words in Mandarin on a variety of topics ranging from animals to emotions to placesaround the world.
The best way to enhance your Mandarin vocabulary is to write these words down (or print this article) and keep themclose so, when you watch the movies, you’ll already have a prepared vocabulary sheet to study from.
It’s also a good idea to watch the movies a few times as repetition is the key to having words stick. If you don’t want tocontinuously watch the movies repeatedly from start to finish, then just re-watch your favorite parts or replay some ofthe songs.
For other helpful tips on how to learn Chinese by watching movies, check out this link.
If you need help with pronunciation then here’s a website that can help you.
Now let’s continue on to the list shall we?
Without further ado, here are 10 popular Disney movies dubbed in Mandarin that can be enjoyed by Chineselearners of all ages. Will your Disney favorite be on this list?
The “Toy Story” trilogy is a worldwide box office success and isone of Pixar’s best-selling movie franchises to date. There’s eventalk that a fourth installment is in the works. There are Chinesedubs for all three “Toy Story” movies, but only the first film is onthis list. Why? Because the first movie in a series is always thebest, that’s why. Of course, if you love the learning experienceyou get with the first movie, keep on rolling through the next two inChinese as well!
“Toy Story” is about a little boy, Andy, who—after finding out from his mother that they’re moving on his birthday—ishaving his birthday party a week earlier than planned. However, viewers will quickly find out that Andy isn’t the mainfocus of his story. His toys are.
See, Andy lives in a world where toys can come to life and go on adventures. Most of their escapades are led byWoody, a pull-string cowboy toy and Andy’s favorite. Life soon changes for Woody after Andy receives a new toy forhis birthday: action figure space cadet Buzz Lightyear.
Buzz quickly starts to become Andy’s new favorite, leaving Woody to feel left out and jealous. In a sporadic turn ofevents, both Woody and Buzz Lightyear find themselves in a tough situation that forces them to get along so that theycan return home to Andy in time before moving day.
Start out by watching the famously heartwarming intro song for the movie (in Mandarin Chinese): “You Got A Friend inMe”
“The Little Mermaid” is based on a Danish fairy tale and is verypopular among children—especially little girls. It focuses on Ariel,a sixteen-year-old mermaid princess who’s tired of life under thesea and wishes to be on land with humans despite all contactbetween humans and merpeople being forbidden.
After rescuing a young human named Prince Eric from drowning,Ariel falls in love with him and makes a deal with Ursula the SeaWitch to become human for three days and hopefully reunite withEric.
Unfortunately, receiving the benefits of this “spell” also means shehas to forfeit her voice to the sea witch. The only way to break thespell? Receiving true love’s first kiss before her days as a human are up.
Try watching this awesome musical number from the movie in Mandarin Chinese: “Part of Your World”
Based on an ancient Chinese legend of Hua Mulan (花木兰 – huāmù lán). “Mulan” tells the story of the eponymous heroine whowants to make her father proud by secretly taking his place in awar against the Huns disguised as a man. Mulan soon finds outthough that being a man is a lot harder than she thought.
“Mulan” appeals to one and all, as it’s filled with action, adventureand even a little bit of romance at the end. It’s a real crowdfavorite. Oh, and there are quite a few excellent musical numbers.For starters, check out this Mandarin Chinese rendition of “I’llMake a Man Out of You.” Then try this Bonus Live Action Video —it has Jackie Chan singing!
Helpful Words to Know While You Watch
China — Zhōng Guó
Dragon — lóng
Guardian — wèi shì
Warrior — zhàn shì
To Train — liàn
Ancestor — zǔ xiān
Honor — róng yù
Man — rén
Heart — xīn zàng or xīn
Luck — xìng yùn or yùn
Because “Mulan” focuses on Chinese people, most, if not all, of the characters’ names are in Chinese. Here are theirnames as well as their meanings:
Mulan — Magnolia
Mu — wood
Lan — orchid
Hua — flower
Ping — pot
Hua Ping — flower pot
Mushu — a Chinese dish of stir-fried vegetables, egg, and usually meat or fish all wrapped together in a thin pancake
Disney’s “Enchanted” both honors and parodies old Disneyanimated classics with clever references to its previous works. It’sa unique film that combines old school 2D animation, live-actionand CGI to bring out the in kid you. It really lets you ponder thequestion: What if there actually were a portal between the normalworld and a fairy tale world?
In a fictional world known as Andalasia, Princess Giselle isbanished by an evil queen to Manhattan. Luckily, she’s taken inby a divorce lawyer named Robert who realizes that she has noclue how to survive in the real world.
After getting to know each other, Giselle and Robert start to fall in love, much to the delight of Robert’s youngdaughter. Conflict arises after Prince Edward from Andalasia comes to rescue her from the queen who now wants herdead.
Sample the magic of this movie by watching the “Happy Working Song” in Mandarin Chinese. It’s bound to win yourheart!
“Beauty and the Beast” is truly a classic film. It was the first of itskind to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. It’sa charming love story between a beautiful woman named Belleand a mysterious, cold-hearted Beast.
The Beast lives alone in his castle with only his servants to keephim company. However, he wasn’t always a beast. He becameone after being cursed by an enchantress who he refused to letstay in his castle one night—and, to boot, all of his servants wereturned into kitchen utensils and appliances. Belle is a youngwoman who’s a bibliophile and proud nonconformist. She seeksadventure in her life but is shunned by all in her village except forher father, inventor Maurice.
When Maurice is held prisoner by The Beast for unknowingly trespassing in his castle, Belle goes to The Beast’scastle to rescue him and offer herself in her father’s place. The two eventually fall in love once Belle (with theencouragement of The Beast’s servants) starts to bring him out of his shell, but their love is thwarted by a cockyegotistical man named Gaston who wants to claim Belle as his bride.
Take a quick break to warm your heart by watching the Mandarin Chinese version of “Tale As Old As Time.”
Set in London, England, “101 Dalmatians” begins with a glimpseinside of the lives of a songwriter named Roger Ratcliffe and hisDalmatian companion, Pongo, who are both tired of beingbachelors. One day, Pongo decides to play matchmaker forhimself and his owner by introducing Roger to a woman namedAnita and her female Dalmatian, Perdita.
Soon enough, both pairs fall in love. Roger and Anita marry whilePongo and Perdita become mates and have a litter of fifteenpuppies. Life is swell for the family until Anita’s formerschoolmate, famous fashion designer Cruella de Vil, decides thatshe wants to purchase the puppies to use their fur as material forher fur coats.
You can hear all about her wickedness in the Mandarin Chinese version of the song “Cruella De Vil.”
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” was the first ever feature-length film belonging to Walt Disney Animated Classics. This filmalso features the first official Disney Princess: Snow White.
The movie is about an evil, unnamed queen who’s jealous of herbeautiful stepdaughter, Snow White. Inspired by this jealousy, thequeen schemes to secretly have Snow White murdered. Littledoes the wicked woman know that Snow White is still alive andwell, living in a cottage with seven silly little men known as theseven dwarfs.
When the Queen discovers this, she attempts to kill her once again by poisoning Snow White with a poison apple.Instead of killing her, she puts her in comatose-like state. How will Snow White reawaken? Watch the movie and findout (and learn some Mandarin while you’re at it).
Get a taste of the enchantment with the Mandarin Chinese versions of two sweet songs: “ I’m Wishing” and “OneSong.”
Helpful Words to Know While You Watch
Snow — xuě
White — bái
Seven — qī
Dwarfs — ǎi rén or ǎi zǐ
Cottage — can be a variety of words: sū, ān, xiǎo wū, cūn shè or máo shè
Evil — xié è
Queen — nǚ wáng
Magic — mó shù
Mirror — jìng zi or jìng
Poison — dú
Apple — píng guǒ
Here are the names of the Seven Dwarfs. You can find their names in other languages too on this website.
After a young clownfish named Nemo is kidnapped while on aschool trip, his father, Marlin, goes on a long journey to find andrescue him.
To reach his son, he’ll have to escape from sharks and anglerfish,navigate his way through gigantic jellyfish herds, ride the oceancurrents with sea turtles, explore the inside of a whale and evenhitch a ride inside of a pelican’s mouth. Luckily, he bumps into aforgetful but gregarious new friend along the way who helps himthrough these challenges.
Meanwhile, Nemo ends up in a dentist office’s fish tank where he befriends the other fish tank inhabitants who areplanning their escape to the ocean.
Take a peek at all these underwater adventures by watching this clip from the Mandarin Chinese dub.
Based on the Shakespearean classic “Hamlet,” “The Lion King”tells the tale of a lion cub named Simba who, after the death of hisfather, King Mufasa, is chased out of his homeland, Pride Rock,and left for dead. Fortunately, he’s saved by a meerkat namedTimon and a warthog named Pumbaa, who quickly become hisguardians and best friends.
Time passes and Simba, who’s now an adult, continues to enjoyhis peaceful life with his pals until his old friend Nala tells him thathis home is in ruins thanks to his Uncle Scar. She tells him that heneeds to return because he’s the rightful king. Now it’s up to Simba to come to terms with his past, remember who heis and confront his ruthless uncle to take back the throne.
You already know it and love it, now watch the song “Hakuna Matata” in Mandarin Chinese to start learning!
When an orphaned fox named Tod is taken in by a widow, heencounters a hound named Copper and they quickly become thebest of friends, despite foxes and hunting hounds being naturalenemies.
Their sacred bond is tested when they both become full grownand Tod is released into the wild and is blamed for the injury ofChief, an old hunting dog and a comrade of Copper’s. A verytouching story with a satisfying ending that’s relatable to childrenand adults alike.
To feel the friendship, watch the song “Best of Friends” inMandarin Chinese.
Helpful Words to Know While You Watch
Fox — hú li or hú
Widow — guǎ fù
To Adopt (child or animal) — rèn yǎng
Hound — liè quǎn
Woodpecker — zhuó mù niǎo
To Play — wán
Best Friend — zuì zhēn chéng de péng you
Hunt — shòu liè
Owl — māo tóu yīng
Wild — wèi ěr dé
Forest — sēn lín
Woods — shù lín
Tree — shù
(Animal) Den — shòu xué
Gun — qiāng
Waterfall — pù bù
There you have it. The ultimate Chinese Dubbed Disney movie list, jam-packed with vocabulary words! Hopefully thisarticle gave you the confidence and resources you need to get started.
Of course, there are plenty of other Disney movies not mentioned on this list, so if your favorite isn’t on here, be sure
to check online to see if there’s a Chinese Dub for it.
Besides watching Disney movies, you can also teach yourself Mandarin in other creative ways too, like watchingcertain movies on Netflix.
Oh, and there are plenty more great animated film clips, cartoons and musical numbers available through FluentUChinese—and you can now choose to learn with this video content via the website or app! Give it a try for free, youwon’t regret it.
Good luck on learning a new language!
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