Children’s Song: Mother is the Best in the World 世上只有妈妈好

By Ling-Ling Lisa Shih
From Ling-LingChinese.com

Mother’s Day is coming. How do you say “Happy Mother’s Day” in Chinese?

This post is made for the Mother’s Day. This song “世上只有妈妈好” (literally translated, “In the world, only Mother is good”) exalts the greatness of mother’s love. The title of the song can be translated as“Mother is the best in the world.” Would you like to learn how to sing this well-known song that can be easily learned by the little children in China?

Mother’s Day in China & Mother’s Day in China (at China.org.cn)

This post includes the following:

Lyrics for “世上只有妈妈好”
Videos for the song
Vocabulary List for the song
Worksheets for the song

世上只有妈妈好

世上只有妈妈好　有妈的孩子像个宝

投进妈妈的怀抱　幸福享不了

世上只有妈妈好　没妈的孩子像根草

随着风儿飘落　幸福那里找

没有妈妈最可怜　有妈的孩子真幸福

我愿常在妈身边　享受天伦乐.

The Song With Pinyin

shì shàng zhǐ yǒu mā ma hǎo
世上只有妈妈好

shì shàng zhǐ yǒu mā ma hǎo yǒu mā de hái zi xiàng gè bǎo
世上只有妈妈好　有妈的孩子像个宝

tóu jìn mā ma de huái bào xìng fú xiǎng bù liǎo

投进妈妈的怀抱　幸福享不了

shì shàng zhǐ yǒu mā ma hǎo méi mā de hái zi xiàng gēn cǎo
世上只有妈妈好　没妈的孩子像根草

suí zhe fēng ér piāo luò xìng fú nà li zhǎo
随着风儿飘落　幸福那里找

méi yǒu mā ma zuì kě lián yǒu mā de hái zi zhēn xìng fú
没有妈妈最可怜　有妈的孩子真幸福

wǒ yuàn cháng zài mā shēn biān xiǎng shòu tiān lún lè
我愿常在妈身边　享受天伦乐.

Other versions:

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世上只有妈妈好

世上只有妈妈好
有妈的孩子象块宝
投进妈妈的怀抱
幸福享不了
世上只有妈妈好
没妈的孩子象根草
离开妈妈的怀抱
幸福哪里找

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The Following Lyrics in PDF document

shì shàng zhǐ yǒu mā ma hǎo
世上只有妈妈好

yǒu mā de hái zi xiàng kuài bǎo tóu jìn mā ma de huái bào
有妈的孩子象块宝◆投进妈妈的怀抱

xìng fú xiǎng bù liǎo
幸福享不了

shì shàng zhǐ yǒu mā ma hǎo
世上只有妈妈好

méi mā de hái zi xiàng gēn cǎo
没妈的孩子象根草

lí kāi mā ma de huái bào
离开妈妈的怀抱

xìng fú nǎ lǐ zhǎo
幸福哪里找

shì shàng zhǐ yǒu mā ma hǎo
世上只有妈妈好

yǒu mā de hái zi xiàng kuài bǎo, tóu jìn mā ma de huái bào
有妈的孩子象块宝◆投进妈妈的怀抱

xìng fú xiǎng bù liǎo
幸福享不了

shì shàng zhǐ yǒu mā ma hǎo
世上只有妈妈好

méi mā de hái zi xiàng gēn cǎo
没妈的孩子象根草

lí kāi mā ma de huái bào
离开妈妈的怀抱

xìng fú nǎ lǐ zhǎo
幸福哪里找

Vocabulary List for the Eaiser Version of “世上只有妈妈好”

ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	English Definition
1	世上		shì shàng	on earth
2	只有		zhǐ yǒu	only
3	妈妈	媽媽	mā ma	mama; mommy; mother; Classifiers: 个
4	好		hǎo	good; well
5	有		yǒu	to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
6	妈	媽	mā	ma; mom; mother
7	的		de	of; ~’s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute)
8	孩子		hái zi	child
9	象		xiàng	to be like; elephant; Classifiers: 只 ; shape; form; appearance; to imitate
10	块	塊	kuài	lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
11	宝	寳, 寶	bǎo	variant of 宝 ; jewel; gem; treasure; precious
12	投		tóu	to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of
13	进	進	jìn	into; to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in
14	怀抱	懷抱	huái bào	embrace; to hug; to cherish; within the bosom (of the family); to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)
15	幸福		xìng fú	happiness; happy; blessed; fortunate
16	享	亯	xiǎng	to enjoy; to benefit; to have the use of; old variant of 享
17	不了		bù liǎo	unable to; without end
18	没	沒	méi	(negative prefix for verbs); have not; not
19	根		gēn	root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; Classifiers: 条 ; radical (chemistry)
20	草		cào	grass
21	离开	離開	lí kāi	to depart; to leave
22	哪里	哪裏, 哪裡	nǎ lǐ	where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever;
23	找		zhǎo	to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change

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「妈妈好」歌词

作词：李隽青　作曲：刘宏远

世上只有妈妈好，有妈的孩子像个宝，投进妈妈的怀抱，幸福享不了。
没有妈妈最苦恼，没妈的孩子像根草，离开妈妈的怀抱，幸福哪里找？
世上只有妈妈好，有妈的孩子不知道。要是他知道，梦里也会笑！

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Vocabulary 生词 for “世上只有妈妈好”

ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	English Definition
1	世上		shì shàng	on earth
2	只有		zhǐ yǒu	only
3	妈妈	媽媽	mā ma	mama; mommy; mother; Classifiers: 个
4	好		hǎo	good; well; proper; good
5	有		yǒu	to have; there is; there are
6	妈	媽	mā	ma; mom; mother
7	的		de	of; ~’s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute);
8	孩子		hái zi	child
9	像		xiàng	to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as;
10	个	個, 箇	gè	classifier for people or objects in general; variant of 个
11	宝	寳, 寶	bǎo	jewel; gem; treasure; precious
12	投		tóu	to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of
13	进	進	jìn	to enter; to put in
14	怀抱	懷抱	huái bào	to hug; to cherish; within the bosom (of the family); to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)
15	幸福		xìng fú	happiness; happy; blessed
16	享		xiǎng	to enjoy; to benefit
17	不了		bù liǎo	without end; unable to
18	没	沒	méi	(negative prefix for verbs); have not; not
19	根		gēn	root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; Classifiers: 条
20	草		cào	grass
21	随着	隨著	suí zhe	along with; in the wake of; following
22	风	風	fēng	wind; news; style; custom; manner; Classifiers: 阵
23	儿	兒	ér	non-syllabic diminutive suffix; retroflex final
24	飘落	飄落	piāo luò	to float down; to fall gently (snowflakes, leaves etc)
25	那里	那裏, 那裡	nà li	also written 那里 ; there; that place
26	找		zhǎo	to find; to look for; ; to seek; to give change
27	没有	沒有	méi yǒu	haven’t; hasn’t; doesn’t exist; to not have; to not be
28	最	㝡, 冣	zuì	variant of 最 ; old variant of 最 ; most; the most; -est (superlative suffix)
29	可怜	可憐	kě lián	pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on
30	真		zhēn	really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
31	我		wǒ	I; me; my
32	愿	願	yuàn	to hope; to wish; willing;
33	常		cháng	always; ever; often
34	在		zài	(located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)
35	身边	身邊	shēn biān	at one’s side; on hand
36	享受		xiǎng shòu	to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure; Classifiers: 种
37	天伦	天倫	tiān lún	family bonds; ethical family relations
38	乐	樂	lè	happy; cheerful; to laugh