Kai-Lan

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Kai-Lan (Chinese: 凯兰 Kǎi lán/Kelland) is the main title character of Ni Hao, Kai-Lan. She is voiced by Chinese-American actress Jade Lianna-Peters. During the show, she and her friends have to solve problems that come up during their daily life.

Basic Information

Kai-Lan is a 6-year-old Chinese-American girl and the granddaughter of Ye-Ye. Her best friends are Tolee, Hoho, Lulu and Rintoo, all of which are animals. She is affectionate, friendly, playful, adventurous, bright, very intelligent and has a big heart. She also seems to be rather mature for her age. She speaks both English and Chinese, and she is eager to share her language, her culture, and her playtime with her animal friends and members of the audience at home. She is also the host of the show!

Personality

Kai-Lan is shown to have an energetic and childlike personality. This is mainly shown through the innocent nature of her voice. She is also shown to be rather clumsy, especially with knocking down stuff on accident,. She is also tomboyish as she seems to be into dinosaurs and pirates, In contrast, she is very caring and helping.

Appearance

Kai-Lan has light skin, brown eyes and has black hair in odango buns. She normally wears a sleeveless blue shirt with two hearts, a jade necklace, orange shorts with darker orange stripes and red trainers with white soles, Her head is big, just like the other characters. She also has two red flowers on her hair. In her original design, she wears a long-sleeved yellow shirt and shorts. As a princess, Kai-Lan is letting her hair down and wearing a golden headpiece and a violet hanfu. When she goes to bed, she wears blue footie pajamas with a reddish-orange dinosaur on them.

Throughout the show, Kai-Lan wears many various outfits.

Quotes

"Super!"
"You make my heart feel super happy. 再見/Goodbye" (said at the end of every episode)
"你好/Hello, I'm Kai-Lan." (said at the beginning of every episode)
"Oh no!" (said when something worse happened)
"Super singing!"
"Let's go, go, go! 跟我來/Follow me!"
"你將我好開心"
"That makes you a great friend. 你是最棒的朋友！"
"I'm not sure, but..." (usually before We Gotta Gotta Try to Find the Reason Why/Let's Find Out Why)
"We gotta gotta try to find the reason why;"
"Let's find out why;"
"What can we try? It's up to me and you. We'll figure out what to do."
"We got it! We got it! We got it!"
"She's really strong. She likes to fly. She loves to help us too. Let's all shout to call her now. Let's all call for Lulu!"
"謝謝, 爺爺。"
"謝謝, Lulu."
"謝謝, Tolee."
"你好, Hoho."
"你好, Lulu!"
"你好, Rintoo!"
"你好, Mr. Dragon!"
"Mr. Sun! 你好。"
"Mr. Fluffy! 你好。"
"Hoho, 謝謝。"
"謝謝, Rintoo."
"Ye-Ye, 以後見。"
"我叫 Kai-Lan."
"你們好。"
"哇, 耀跳的真好。"
"哇, 這麼多恐龍。"
"可以。"
"吹！"
"快。"
"新年快樂。"
"看! 下雨了。"
"上！"
"下！"
"雪！"
"紅色！"
"綠色！"
"藍色！"
"橙色！"
"挖/Dig."
"我愛。。。"
"我愛 flowers."
"我愛 ladybugs."
"我愛爺爺."
"愛/Love."
"氣球。"
"紅氣球。"
"綠氣球。"
"看. Lulu 飛來了。"
"看! 一隻小烏龜。"
"Ooh, snails! 蝸牛, 你們好。"
"看! 蝸牛來了。"
"看! 龍來了。"
"加油！加油！"
"彩虹。"
"太棒了。"
"好。"
"跳！"
"Rintoo, 你的拖鞋！"
"Tolee, 你的拖鞋！"
"我的帽子！"
"我來了！"
"手臂。"
"牙齒。"
"眼睛。"
"月餅。"
"Tolee, 我們帶了蘋果給你。"
"恐龍。"
"熊猫媽媽, 熊猫寶寶, 你們好。"

Trivia

While her surname Chow wasn't revealed in the show, it was actually revealed on the official Nickelodeon website and likely on a 2006 trademark called "Grampa Chow".
She and Lulu are the only characters to not get mad in the series (Aside from songs about feeling mad.)
Over the course of the series, her parents and other grandparents have never been seen or mentioned.
Kai-Lan was the name that the creator, Karen Chau, was given at birth, before being anglicized to Karen.
During the first couple episodes Dragonboat Festival and Everybody’s Hat Parade, Kai-Lan’s voice is noticeably softer and quieter compared to the episodes that followed.

Episode appearances

Season 1

Season 2

References

↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5POszD9hSE&t

Characters

Main

Major and Minor

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