Tongue twisters for Chinese speakers
1. Three thin thieves thought a thousand thoughts. Now if three thin thieves thought a thousand thoughts, how many thoughts did each thief think?
2. That which is theirs is neither more nor less than that which is thine.
3. This thing and that thing are better than those things.
4. The thin thief went through that thicket over there.
5. The thorn was torn from those, and now it adorns my clothes. [NOTE: the "th" in "clothes" is silent].
7. Theodore has a thin shin.
8. It should be a sin to have a thin shin, and we should call it "the thin-shin sin".
9. Through thick and thin, I'll dare to be there and share.
10. She sees the three seas, and he sees that she sees what she see when she sees the three seas, I think.
11. Three thousand thieves had six thousand thumbs, until they got caught, and now they have none.
12. A thick, sick, chic chick surely, thoroughly sank its shank into the tank and drank.
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13. The best fest in the West is the Vest Fest.
14. I'm very wary of very scary films.
15. In Latin, "verb" means word, "verbose" means 'using many words', and "verbal" means 'of words'.
16. Valerie values volleyball very much.
1. Three thin thieves thought a thousand thoughts. Now if three thin thieves thought a thousand thoughts, how many thoughts did each thief think?
2. That which is theirs is neither more nor less than that which is thine.
3. This thing and that thing are better than those things.
4. The thin thief went through that thicket over there.
5. The thorn was torn from those, and now it adorns my clothes. [NOTE: the "th" in "clothes" is silent].
7. Theodore has a thin shin.
8. It should be a sin to have a thin shin, and we should call it "the thin-shin sin".
9. Through thick and thin, I'll dare to be there and share.
10. She sees the three seas, and he sees that she sees what she see when she sees the three seas, I think.
11. Three thousand thieves had six thousand thumbs, until they got caught, and now they have none.
12. A thick, sick, chic chick surely, thoroughly sank its shank into the tank and drank.
v and w
13. The best fest in the West is the Vest Fest.
14. I'm very wary of very scary films.
15. In Latin, "verb" means word, "verbose" means 'using many words', and "verbal" means 'of words'.
16. Valerie values volleyball very much.