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Spring Dawn by Meng Haoran: Chinese Writing Worksheet
Spring Dawn (春曉) by Meng Haoran (689–740) is a four-line Tang poem about waking up late on a spring morning after a night of wind and rain.
Traditional
Used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
Simplified
Used in mainland China and Singapore.
What’s on this worksheet
Meng Haoran (689–740)
| Text (Traditional / Simplified) | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 春眠不覺曉， / 春眠不觉晓， | Chūn mián bù jué xiǎo, | Sleeping in spring, I did not notice the dawn; |
| 處處聞啼鳥。 / 处处闻啼鸟。 | chù chù wén tí niǎo. | everywhere I hear birds singing. |
| 夜來風雨聲， / 夜来风雨声， | Yè lái fēng yǔ shēng, | In the night came the sound of wind and rain; |
| 花落知多少。 | huā luò zhī duō shǎo. | who knows how many flowers fell? |
Pinyin follows the Hanyu Pinyin standard used in mainland China. In Taiwan, some syllables marked here with a neutral tone are often read with their full tone.
How to use it
- Print the sheet in the character set you are learning.
- Say the line out loud, then trace the grey line slowly.
- Write it on your own in the empty boxes, keeping each character inside its square. The dashed lines help you place each part.
- Check your writing against the grey line, and try again tomorrow. Short, regular practice works better than one long session.
The worksheets don’t show stroke order. That is easier to learn by watching each stroke being drawn. In the Hanzibloc app you write every character stroke by stroke on your phone, and the app checks each stroke as you go.
